A bus carrying Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims collided with a car, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 40 on ...

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

Tents were set up along the roads leading to the shrine to provide services and rest for the pilgrims. Iraqi security forces were deployed extensively to secure the annual event, which typically ...

Iraqi security forces uncovered a mass grave containing about 50 bodies, some badly decomposed and others killed more recently, during a hunt on Tuesday for al Qaeda fighters north of Baghdad ...

The regime is grappling with the collapse of its regional "Axis of Resistance" and mounting economic troubles at home.

Toady coincides with the birth anniversary of the 3rd Imam of Shia, Imam Hussain ibn Ali (AS), who sacrificed all his ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

though it might be harder to contain if Israel struck near Iraq’s Shia shrine cities where the iri has a presence, or if it hit the pmf. Privately, some Shias might even cheer a strike on the ...

TEHRAN- The winners of the 41st edition of Iran’s International Quran Competition were honored at a closing ceremony held on ...

From Ferris wheels to snowy mountain ski lodges, Iraq is opening new attractions while rebuilding their war torn country in the hopes of attracting new visitors through tourism ...