Of these some 5% are Shia ... Recent tensions in the Middle East and Asia have been interpreted in some sections of the media as religious conflict between Sunnis and Shias.

With the Shia Alawite sect making up only 10 percent of the population in the majority Sunni country, Syria’s de-facto ruler is trying to keep tensions from boiling over. Simona Foltyn reports.

The Middle East is in the midst of ever-increasing tension ... is governed by a Sunni Islamic government, while the majority of Iranians are Shiite Muslims, also known as Shia.

The report reveals that ISI’s plot involves using the ongoing Shia-Sunni tensions in the Gulf—exacerbated by the Iran-Israel war—as a battleground on Indian soil. Pakistan seeks to exploit ...

Shia fighters from Iraq, Lebanon and Iran battled to secure and then protect it over the course of this war. But everything changed this week: the mosque is now being guarded by Sunni HTS forces.

This is the Sunni viewpoint. A minority believed that Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law should lead the community. These Muslims came to be known as Shi’a, which means ‘Party of Ali’ ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Tribal elders backed by local authorities in restive northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday brokered a peace deal between minority Shiites and majority Sunni tribes ... later ...

At least 82 people have been killed and 156 others wounded following three days of sectarian violence in northwestern Pakistan's Kurram district, local officials confirmed on Sunday, November 24.

Edited by Liam Stack Sunni rebels swarm a Shia mosque near the town of Jisr al-Shughur in this video posted online Wednesday, climbing its roof and chanting religious slogans even as its lower ...

The Iran-backed Hezbollah group postponed an appointment with President Joseph Aoun on Monday at which it was due to ...