Shi'ite

Revenge: The word that echoed across Tehran - opinion

These blood-red are not merely political banners. They are declarations that blood has been spilled, and that vengeance is now a sacred obligation.

|ByMIKE EVANS
Mourners carry a coffin during a symbolic funeral procession for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following his death in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Najaf, Iraq March 3, 2026.
US officials, along with Israeli and Lebanese envoys, participate in the signing ceremony in Washington on June 26. While the agreement has been termed a diplomatic breakthrough, no direct public interaction between the Israeli and Lebanese envoys was documented.PremiumPremium

To disarm Hezbollah, Lebanon must first dismantle its parallel state - analysis

Why disarming the weapons without dismantling the parallel state will remain an illusion

|ByAVIRAM BELLAISHE
A vehicle carrying the coffin of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes its way as people attend Khamenei's funeral procession, in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026

Coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader Khamenei arrives in Iraqi holy city for funeral processions

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and senior Iraqi officials received the coffin at Najaf International Airport ahead of funeral ceremonies and a mass public procession, state TV reported.

|ByREUTERS
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif receives Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, upon his arrival at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 23, 2026.

Woven with hidden threads: The cultural-religious doctrine behind Tehran's moves - opinion

When one looks at the new Memorandum of Understanding signed between Iran and the United States, it becomes clear that this is not a random diplomatic maneuver.

|ByDR. BENYAMIN YAKOVIAN

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.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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.

JANUARY 23, 2020ByMEDIA LINE
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.

OCTOBER 22, 2019By ERIC R. MANDEL
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.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019ByREUTERS
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.

AUGUST 28, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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.

AUGUST 23, 2019ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE
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.

AUGUST 17, 2019ByLELA GILBERT
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.

JULY 27, 2019ByREUTERS
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.

MAY 28, 2019ByZVI MAZEL
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

MAY 25, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Hezbollah and Syrian flags are seen fluttering in Fleita, Syria August 2, 2017