Saudi elite forces are in the process of razing the historic quarter of a largely Shia town in the country's eastern province after months of clashes with gunmen in the area. Saudi elite forces are in ...

Protests broke out in Saudi Arabia this week over the death sentence of a leading Shiite cleric. Human rights activists call his sentencing political and warn that by killing him, the country may ...

A prominent Pakistani Shia cleric, Allama Ghulam Hasnain Wijdani, has been released after spending eight months in custody in ...

Northern Nigeria has become the latest battleground in the proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, after violent clashes between supporters of rival groups from the two main branches of Islam.

"We were too scared to leave our homes, and most of the shops were shut down or burned," a resident of Awamiya, in Saudi Arabia's Eastern province, told me this month. "Anything that moved became a ...

For the first time, the self-proclaimed Islamic State is claiming responsibility for an attack in Saudi Arabia. At least 21 Shiite Muslims were killed today in a bombing on a mosque. It heightens ...

Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row. At least ...

Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr spoke out on behalf of Saudi Shia demonstrating against government discrimination in 2011 and 2012. Protesters promise more... Saudi Cleric's Death Sentence Focuses Shia Anger On ...