So, just how many Muslim countries in the world are majority Muslim, meaning either Shia or Sunni Muslims comprise the majority of the people there? Muslim-majority countries span several regions ...

while Saudi Arabia sees itself as the leading Sunni Muslim power. This religious schism is reflected in the wider map of the Middle East, where other countries have Shia or Sunni majorities ...

The Sayyida Zaynab shrine, located 10 kilometers south of Damascus, is a center of faith for Shia pilgrims from all over the ...

1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...

an offshoot of Shia Islam whose members make up one of Syria's biggest religious minorities. Alawites controlled power in the predominantly Sunni Muslim country for the 50 years of the Assad ...

while the majority of Iranians are Shiite Muslims, also known as Shia. Other countries that cut ties with Iran on Monday - Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates - are ruled by Sunni ...

Syria's Intelligence Directorate foiled an attack by the Islamic State group on the Sayeda Zeinab shrine in a Damascus suburb ...

The vast majority of the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world are Sunni, according to a 2009 study by the Pew Research center. Ten to 13% are Shia Muslims, and 87 to 90% are Sunni Muslims. Sunni ...

Pakistani Shia cleric Allama Shabbir Hassan Maisami described the life of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (peace be upon her) as a beacon ...

Islamic State has previously targeted the Zayeda Zeinab shrine, including carrying out an attack in 2017 that killed 40 ...