On Nov. 11, Iraq held its sixth parliamentary election of the post-Saddam era, and 7,743 candidates competed for 329 seats.

Throughout the Middle East, Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran compete for influence and supremacy via proxy wars in Yemen, ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence Monday as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region, as he asked for "the divine gift of peace" alongside the country's ...

At an interfaith meeting in Martyr’s Square in Beirut with Lebanon's Christian patriarchs and Sunni, Shiite and Druze ...

The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of ...

Iraq’s main Sunni political blocs moved on Sunday to tighten their ranks, forming a new National Political Council in Baghdad ...

A poster flying in Baghdad's Sadr City district depicts influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr and urges Iraqis to boycott parliamentary elections — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE When Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada ...

When Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gives an order, his supporters listen. On Tuesday, as many Iraqis lined up to cast their votes for a new parliament, that order was to skip the election entirely ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Cabinet discussed Friday a plan drawn up by the Lebanese army to disarm the Hezbollah militant group and consolidate weapons in the hands of the state but appeared to back off ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Cabinet convened Friday to discuss a plan drawn up by the Lebanese army to disarm the Hezbollah militant group and consolidate weapons in the hands of the state. Upon the ...