Whatever differences emerge between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its predecessors, whether suddenly or incrementally, all ...

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — Ice crystals clung to the eyelashes, parka hood, beanie hat and headscarf of Ruqayah Nasser as she took a break after her first-ever snow tubing runs in a Minnesota park on a ...

Nimisha Priya, an Indian-origin nurse, faces execution in Yemen after being accused of murder. Her family seeks blood money ...

The German and French foreign ministers are heading to Damascus to send what the German minister said is a clear signal that ...

On an index measuring religion-related hostilities for 2022, India scored the highest among 198 nations, according to a ...

The Houthis are not new players in the Middle East. A Zaydi Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged in ...

Saudi Arabia supported various ultra-conservative groups during Syria’s civil war, including Jaysh al-Islam, created with the ...

With the ranks of Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah decimated after more than a year of war, and with the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria removing a key link in Iran's anti-Israel ...

Tehran dominated much of the region through loyal armed groups; burned by Lebanon trauma, Israel moved away from that ...

Strikes on Israel by Yemen's militant Houthis and Israeli attacks on Yemen are intensifying. The Houthis have also targeted international shipping in the Red Sea since November 2023. So far, neither ...

The Houthis derive from a tribal group out of northern Yemen, near the border with Saudi Arabia. By religious sect, the Houthis are Shiite Muslims, however, they belong to a specific branch called ...