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Steps are under way to rebuild a coalition of Shiite political parties, a move that would solidify the majority sect's grip on power but embitter disaffected Sunnis and stoke fears of Iranian influence as the U.S. role here fades.
A cleric's threat of secession has brought a swift government crackdown in this poor, radical Shiite town in Saudi Arabia's increasingly restive religious minority heartland atop the Sunni kingdom's main oil reserves.
Six years ago today I thought there was a good chance I was going to die. With a helmet crooked on my head and a flak jacket over my shoulders, I sat on a tiny generator on a balcony of Baghdad’s Palestine Hotel.
Shiite Muslims are shouting anti-government slogans and demanding more freedoms in rare protests amid the minority's worst confrontations in years with authorities in this overwhelmingly Sunni kingdom.
Police say gunmen have killed three Shiite Muslims in a sectarian attack in northwestern Pakistan.
Hardline Sunni clerics accused Shiites Sunday of destabilizing Muslim countries and humiliating Sunnis, just days before a Muslim interfaith conference called by Saudi Arabia's king.
Police say gunmen have killed a Shiite Muslim shop owner and two of his customers in an apparent sectarian attack in Pakistan.
Ayatollah Watch - Tehran Bureau[TEHRAN BUREAU] As pressure grows on reformist political leaders, statements criticizing the government continue to pour out of the holy city of Qom. A growing band of clerics has gathered around the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri.
The Islamic Shi'a Resistance in Iraq and Iran's Confrontation with the U.K.More than two years after their abduction, two of the five British hostages held in Iraq have been confirmed dead. On June 19, the remains of Jason Creswell and Jason Swindlehurst were handed over to the British embassy in Baghdad.
For Radical Islam, the End BeginsIs history ending yet again? Much as the hammers that leveled the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the end of the Cold War, so might the protests rocking Iran signal the death of radical Islam and the challenges it poses to the West.
What will happen when U.S. combat troops withdraw from Iraq?So, is all hell about to break loose in Iraq? By June 30, all U.S. combat troops are scheduled—in fact, they're required—to be withdrawn from all of Iraq's cities, towns, and villages.
Bomb Kills at Least 76 in Baghdad Market A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, killing at least 76 people and injuring 156 in a market as it was filled with shoppers, hospital officials said Thursday.
Iran's Struggle, and Ours How a Movement Could Transform the Region". . .Iran is so central to the fate of the Middle East that even a partial shift in regime behavior -- an added degree of nuance in its approach to Iraq, Lebanon, Israel or the United States -- could dramatically affect the region.
Al-Qaeda seeks a new allianceFighting in the Swat Valley and the neighboring districts of Buner and Dir between Taliban militants and Pakistani security forces is still raging after a week, forcing about 1.4 million people from their homes in addition to another 550,000 people displaced by earlier fighting t …
Still Unfinished BusinessPresident Obama has correctly refocused American attention on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the real front in the war on terror. But the recent surge in bombings is an alarming reminder of all of the unfinished business from President Bush's unnecessary war in Iraq.
Egypt seeks arrest of Hezbollah chief"Cairo said it may issue charges and move for international arrest warrants for Hezbollah officials amid allegations of a terrorist plot on Egyptian soil.
Afghans Rally Against Women's Law"Scores of Afghan Shia women have protested against a new law, which they say will take women's civil rights in the country back to the days of the Taliban."
Egypt: Hezbollah cell plotted against tourists in the Sinai"Egypt announced recently that a cell of 49 men with links to Hezbollah were planning attacks aimed at destabilizing the country.
During Barack Obama's presidential campaign; he vowed to have all of our troops in Iraq home within 16 months of his taking office. He has since amended that to 18 months as a concession to his own military commanders. I can live with that.
Shi'ites In Iraq Mark Ashura In Show Of Strength Shi'ites in Iraq gathered in their thousands to observe an annual ritual of mourning on Wednesday, an event that has become a show of strength for a majority whose public worship was repressed by Saddam Hussein.
As violence drops, Iraqi tribes begin to make amends Baghdad - Tears rarely roll down Iraqi farmer Hassan Mohammed Hamoud's proud, sun-creased face.
Squaring off with Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin shined and proved once again that she is the best choice for the GOP in today's climate of woefulness about the outgoing administrations legacy.
Gay leader assassinated in Baghdad"A leading gay activist in Iraq has been assassinated. 27 year old Bashar was targeted by gunmen yesterday. He was one of the organisers of safe houses for gay men in Baghdad and was co-ordinator of Iraqi LGBT in the city.
Israel and Azerbaijan close multi-million dollar arms deal"Israel and Azerbaijan have closed a weapons deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars. "Predominantly Muslim Azerbaijan has increasingly been caught in a tug-of-war for influence between its large southern neighbor, and the secular, democratic West.
Another Benchmark Reached In Iraq - Provinicial Elections SetWHILE WASHINGTON was seized with congressional negotiations over the Wall Street bailout, Iraq's parliament on Wednesday took another major step toward political stabilization.
I admire Lebanon because of the good people that live there. Knowing some as I do, they are honest and hard working, very smart at many things. Lebanon was discussed and mentioned quite often in the bible, so it has a historical perspective of live as well as Israel, and Egypt.
Lost amidst the hubub this past week surrounding both the Russian invasion and occupation of parts of Georgia and, of course, the intense media focus on the naming of Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate are some troubling developments in Iraq.
Iraqi Leaders Bemoan Biden PickBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Senator Joe Biden may be one of the only U.S. politicians that can get Iraq's feuding Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish politicians to agree. But not in a good way.
Taliban exploit sectarian rift in Pakistan siegeAnd little seems to be hindering the Taliban since the army, six months ago, agreed to a peace deal with the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, and has remained in its barracks.
Tehran puts on a show of strengthHaile Selassie delivered these words in an address to the league while the fascist army of Italy's Benito Mussolini was invading Ethiopia in 1936.
Rice praises Maliki after Sadr calls for an open ended warMcClatchy reports: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Baghdad Sunday for an unannounced visit one day after the Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr threatened an all-out war against the Iraqi government.
A good question for General PetraeusMcCain appeared to persist in his repeated confusion of al-Qaida in Iraq -- a Sunni group -- with Shiites, in asking whether they were "an obscure sect of the Shiites," before adding, "or the Sunnis, or anybody else." Could this signal an ongoing effort on McCain's part to confla …
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