Shi'ite

Hezbollah faces major US-led confrontation, terror leader Naim Qassam claims to wounded terrorists

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem warned of a major US-led confrontation, citing Israel and what he called Zionist aggression, while addressing wounded fighters and praising Iran's Khamenei.

|ByJAMES GENN
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gives a televised speech from an unknown location in this still image obtained from a video released December 5, 2025; illustrative.
People stand inside a clothing market near the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, January 8, 2026.

Najaf market suffers as Iranian visitors dwindle amid Iran crisis

The city in Iraq is home to one of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest shrines and has long relied on Iranian pilgrims, who have traditionally made up the largest proportion of visitors.

|ByREUTERS, FRAIDY MOSER
Demonstrators gather outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 11, 2026

Khamenei is falling: The end of a tyrant’s rule amid calls for Pahlavi’s rise - opinion

Thousands killed and arrested as Iran’s protests intensify. The young generation backs Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and defies the collapsing theocracy.

|ByERFAN FARD
IRANIANS GATHER while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026.

'Mercenaries for foreigners': Khamenei accuses Iranian protesters of acting on behalf of Trump

The demonstrations, which began in Tehran last month, have spread to all of Iran's 31 provinces but have yet to reach the scale of the 2022-3 unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

|ByREUTERS, ALEX WINSTON

Will Islamabad crush Islamists?

The militant Islamist threat has over the years become too dangerous to be overlooked.

JANUARY 1, 2015ByJAGDISH N SINGH
Pakistani Shi'ite Muslim men flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 3, 2014.

Sunni Islamists kidnap three Hezbollah fighters

Bahrain blames explosion that killed one and injured another on the Lebanese-based Shi’ite group.

DECEMBER 9, 2014ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON, REUTERS
Jabhat Al-Nusra militants

IN PICTURES: Shi'ites commemorate Ashoura across the Muslim world

NOVEMBER 5, 2014ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
An Afghan Shi'ite Muslim flagellates himself during an Ashoura procession in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2014.

Latest Tom Cruise movie has Shi'a Islamic values, says Iranian news outlet

Cruise's character William Cage shares characteristics with the Imam Mahdi, Mashregh writes.

OCTOBER 6, 2014ByJOANNA PARASZCZUK
Tom Cruise at Edge of Tomorrow premiere

Videos show Lebanese jihadi group active in Gaza

The Saraya Yehya Ayyash group has posted pictures and video of itself on social media, launching rockets from Gaza into Israel.

JULY 11, 2014ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Saraya Yehya Ayyash members in action.

Yemen's president urges Iran to stop interfering, supporting seperatists

Yemen says Iran backs Shi'ite religious groups as country struggles to stabilize after years of upheaval, infighting.

MARCH 31, 2014ByREUTERS
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8,000 foreign Shi'ite fighters in Syria fighting for Assad, new study says

Shi'ite fighters could easily become "Iranian agents" that could spread out across the region, intelligence expert says.

MARCH 18, 2014ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
Flags of Hezbollah, Assad's Syria 370

Defensive or offensive Jihad: History, exegesis vs. contemporary propagation

Part two: stages in Jihād development.

FEBRUARY 19, 2014ByDAVID BUKAY
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Blast shakes southern Beirut, stronghold of Hezbollah

Car bomb kills four, injures more than 65 in second such incident in Lebanese capital in less than a week.

JANUARY 2, 2014ByREUTERS
The site of a blast in Beirut's southern suburbs.

3 Iranian Revolutionary Guard members killed by roadside bomb

Killings in southeast Iran come at time of heightened tension in the region as separatist Sunni Islamist militants step up attacks on Shi'ite Iran.

DECEMBER 18, 2013ByREUTERS
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