As a member of the Afghan military's Female Tactical Platoon, Farida Mohammadi served alongside U.S. Army soldiers seeking ...

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam kicked off Thursday the second day of non-binding consultations with lawmakers over the formation of the new government. He is expected to deliver a speech after ...

A severe cold wave has gripped the Hazara Division following a week of rain and snowfall, with temperatures dropping to sub-zero levels across the region. Abbottabad recorded a low of -1°C ...

He assured that it will “not exclude anyone”, but seek “unity and partnership.” Asharq Al-Awsat learned that President Joseph Aoun is leading efforts to avert a Shiite boycott of the new government ...

Several observers have questioned the strong opposition by the “Shiite duo” of Hezbollah and the Amal movement of the appointment of Nawaf Salam as Lebanon’s prime minister. Head of Hezbollah’s ...

Yet, a ray of hope emerges as top Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali al-Khatib calls for consolidating national unity and building a state grounded in equality among all citizens. Higher Islamic Shiite ...

President Joseph Aoun emphasized to a delegation from the Islamic Shiite Supreme Council the importance of seizing current opportunities for Lebanon's progress. He called for unity and removing ...

Higher Islamic Shiite Council leader Sheikh Ali al-Khatib on Tuesday called for “consolidating national unity and building the state upon citizenship and equality among citizens,” during a meeting in ...

Syrian intelligence officials announced Saturday that they had foiled an Islamic State (IS) plan to bomb the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, a Shiite pilgrimage site in a Damascus suburb. The General ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab ...

The new Syrian government's intelligence services thwarted an Islamic State (IS) bomb attack targeting a Shiite shrine in Sayyida Zaynab, a suburb of Damascus, according to SANA Syrian state media ...

Syrian intelligence officials in the country’s new de facto government have successfully foiled a plan by the Islamic State (ISIS) group to detonate a bomb at a Shiite shrine in Sayyida Zeinab ...