Shi'ite

What threat model did the UAE confront, and why should we care? - opinion

Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih was an operational, overt, dangerous sleeper cell; the United Arab Emirates State Security Service took it down

A man fixes the United Arab Emirates’ national flag to the roof of his house in Dubai, after a call by the UAE’s vice president, prime minister, and ruler of Dubai, urging people across the country to hoist the flag as a symbol of unity and pride.
FARHAN Hassan al-Mansour.

ISIS disrupts Damascus calm, says it assassinated Shi'ite figure

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, March 2, 2026.

Partisan attacks risk undermining US resolve against Iran - opinion

LEBANESE CHILDREN play with toy soldiers in the southern city of Bint Jbail.

Voices from the Arab press: Bint Jbail, Trump's options, and Lebanon's courage


Iran trains Shia militia proxies in Iraq to wage war on US - report

Iranian proxies in Iraq are training for war against the US and will continue to fire rockets at US forces in Iraq until the US leaves, a new report says.

Iraqi muslims from Shi'ite Badr organization hold a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they walk over the Israeli flag during a parade marking Jerusalem Day.

Voices from the Arab Press: Libya, Shiite Terrorism and Iran

Arab press discusses important events in the past week in the Middle East.

LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER Fayez Mustafa Al-Sarraj is pictured during an interview in Berlin on January 20.

What Congress can do now for an America without a coherent Middle East policy

It is incumbent for Congress to step up and get ahead of an impulsive president before the next self-inflicted calamity occurs in the Middle East.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) administers the oath of office to House members and delegates of the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019

Islamic authorities in Malaysian state denounce Shi'ites in sermon

The minority Shi'ite community in Sunni Muslim-majority Malaysia has been subject to discrimination and persecution by authorities, human rights groups have said.

An Imam performs Friday prayers on Skalitzer Strasse (street) in Berlin September 19, 2014.

The Shi’ite shrine in Damascus spotlighted after recent airstrikes

Two men killed in Israeli airstrikes were interred in funeral, draped in flags memorializing Sayyida Zainab, the Prophet Mohammad’s granddaughter.

Lebanon's Hezbollah members hold party flags as they listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addressing his supporters via a screen during a rally marking the anniversary of the defeat of militants near the Lebanese-Syrian border, in al-Ain village, Lebanon August 25, 2019.

Iranian-allied Shiite Fighters in Iraq Threaten Israel

Popular Mobilization Forces also charge US with green-lighting alleged Israeli strikes.

Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi meets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Baghdad, Iraq March 11, 2019

Iran’s aggression and the Shi’ite apocalypse

With this in mind, I interviewed Saeed Ghasseminejad and asked what he thinks about Iranian aggressions today.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with people of Qom, in Teheran, Iran, January 9, 2019.

Nigerian court grants permission to declare Shi'ite group terrorists

The protests have often turned violent. An IMN spokesman said at least 20 of the group's members were killed this week during demonstrations.

An ambulance and a fire engine set on fire by a Shi'ite group are seen at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria July 22, 2019

What’s happening in the Kingdom?

In surprise twist, radical Saudi preacher apologizes for his movement’s past and hails the crown prince’s reforms.

EXTREMIST THEMES from the Muslim Brotherhood appeared on Al Jazeera

Iraqi militia commemorates “martyrs” who fought Israel in 1973

Kata’ib Hezbollah is closely linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Hezbollah and Syrian flags are seen fluttering in Fleita, Syria August 2, 2017