An Iraqi man prays on the tomb of an unknown person at a cemetery in the central city of Karbala. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims are mainly expressed through different religious ...

According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s prophetic status was well-established among his followers before his death. However, a disagreement emerged soon afterward about the prophet’s death regarding ...

It was only a matter of time until the Haya’t Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) gunmen of Syria’s post-Assad interim government took into ...

Either of these conflicts could arise along any of the major fault lines in Iraq: Shia-Sunni, Arab-Kurd, or intra-Shia. Further, either of these contingencies could spark the other, as political ...

Some patterns are evident—a resurgent Iran, heightened Shiite-Sunni ethno-religious tensions, both within and outside Iraq, and calls from the region’s Shiite minority communities for ...

The bill to elevate Halabja to provincial status is likely to be passed following its inclusion in the Iraqi parliament's ...

The Iranian regime spent decades building the Axis of Resistance, a coalition of anti-Western militias that extended Tehran’s influence deep into the Arab world. But what takes years to build can ...

When Halabja’s provincial status was proposed, Shia and Sunni lawmakers sought the same for Tal Afar and Fallujah. Shwan ...

A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...

In a lively arena in Baghdad, the crowd roars to the beat of drums — not for a football match, but for mheibes, a spirited, ...