Tag: ShiaSunni relations

Saudi Arabia and Iraq have made a "qualitative leap" in relations, they said Tuesday after a visit by Prime Minister ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday called for a permanent mechanism in the Gulf to resolve crises like ...

Iran's supreme leader hit out at the United States and Saudi Arabia during the funerals Friday for those slain in ...

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a fierce attack against regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it was being pumped ...

US President Donald Trump held talks on Sunday with leaders of the oil-rich Gulf monarchies, a day after Washington told ...

Saudi Arabia is looking to assert its regional leadership against Iran by hosting a summit between visiting US President Donald ...

Saudi authorities blocked roads in a flashpoint Shiite town Saturday, residents said a day after security officials reported that gunmen ...

Gulf ministers meeting in Riyadh on Thursday condemned what they termed Iran's support for "terrorist gangs" in Bahrain and urged ...

Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said on Friday, after an absence last year during ...

US President Donald Trump may not be popular in much of the Muslim world but he has been embraced by ...

A Saudi minister held talks with an Iranian delegation about the possibility of Iranian pilgrims rejoining the annual hajj despite ...

Iran said Wednesday it has sent a team for talks in Saudi Arabia on the next annual pilgrimage after missing ...

Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia are seeking the death penalty for a suspect accused of opening fire on German diplomats, a ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited Oman on Wednesday as part of a regional tour to improve relations with Gulf neighbours ...

People gather at the site of a car bomb attack at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad, Iraq A car ...

Downing Street has said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's comments on Saudi Arabia do not represent "the government's position". Footage has ...

Boris Johnson has accused Britain's ally, Saudi Arabia, of engaging in "proxy wars" in the Middle East. The Guardian newspaper ...

At least 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road ...

The conflict between Sunni and Shia is deeply rooted and intractable, it has existed for almost 1400 years. The divide ...

No one has claimed the attack that has left at least 30 people dead in Baghdad At least 30 people ...