Explore religious figures shaping global events in 2025. From influential leaders to rising voices, this four-part series ...

Pakistan and Turkey also agreed to upgrade their existing trade agreement and reiterated a past pledge to boost annual bilateral trade volume to $5 billion from roughly $1.5 billion. In May 2023, the ...

EBRIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani received Turkish ... with neighboring countries, especially Turkey, regarding ongoing regional developments.

Sharaa, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is the leader of the Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham, the rebel group which seized power in Syria after toppling former President Bashar al-Assad ...

Qatar's President Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made the first official visit to Syria after the interim government was ...

Bektashism is an Islamic Sufi mystic order considered syncretic to both Sunni and Shia Muslims, with around 20 million adherents. Most of them are in Turkey ... with its leader, Haxhi Baba ...

Known in his circle as “HH” (or “His Highness”), Prince Karim lived up to the name. His primary residence was a modern ...

Shia vs Sunni in Syria ... After the Assad government was overthrown, HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharam, a Sunni leader, became the interim president of Syria, leading to rise in influence of Sunni ...

Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public ... Some observers call this the “Hizbullah model”, after the Shia militia which has long been Lebanon’s strongest power.

One such tactic is the exportation of their conflicts and destabilizing activities into the Kurdistan Region, aiming to ...

For a while, Turkish media affiliated with Erdogan’s government have been spreading false and misleading information linking ...

The Middle East needs U.S. foreign policy to address two key threats: a weakened but unpredictable Iran and the resurgence of Sunni extremism in Syria. As President Trump begins his second term, he ...