DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia rallied Sunni allies to its side in a growing diplomatic row with Iran on Monday, deepening a sectarian split across the Middle East following the kingdom's execution of ...

Oct 18 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 29 people, including several senior Revolutionary Guards commanders, in southeastern Iran on Sunday, Iranian media reported. State television said a Sunni ...

* Iran arrests Jundollah leader Abdolmalek Rigi * Says he linked to U.S., British, Israeli spy agencies * Judiciary official says Rigi deserves execution (Adds byline, quotes, background) By Parisa ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said it broke up one of the “biggest terrorist plots” ever on its soil by Sunni extremists planning bombings in Tehran and elsewhere, emphasizing that the Shiite power could be ...

The Saudi prince, MbS, is due at Washington in mid-November for a parley that could lead to a great victory. Benny Avni is a ...

Unknown attackers launched a gun and grenade attack on a court building in southeast Iran Saturday, killing six people including a child and wounding 20, state TV reported. The report said security ...

(The Conversation) — Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni ...

A Sunni-Jewish Alliance? The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg predicts that Sunni Muslims will ally with Israel against the Shia Muslims of Iran. Sunnis make up the majorities of all Arab states, except ...

Iran said it executed six inmates on Saturday convicted of carrying out attacks in the country’s oil-rich south-west at the behest of Israel. They are the latest prisoners to be put to death in a wave ...