Saudi police arrested the fans after a video of supporters chanting a Shia religious song spread across social media. The fans were reportedly celebrating the birthday of Imam Ali. Shiites ...

In April, Saudi Arabia announced it had executed 37 men who, according to rights group Reprieve, were mostly from the kingdom’s Shia minority. The country has one of the highest rates of ...

UN human rights experts have urged Saudi Arabia to release three young Shia Muslims detained for allegedly taking part in anti-regime protests when they were minors, citing torture and unfair trials.

A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the ...

A Shia Muslim judge abducted in eastern Saudi Arabia a year ago has been killed by his kidnappers, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Monday. Sheikh Mohammed al-Jirani disappeared last ...

The majority Shia region has been a flash point of violence since May when authorities began demolishing the historic Almosara area Saudi Shia protestors take part in a demonstration against the ...

President Donald Trump announced that the US will hold Iran accountable for future attacks by Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. This comes after Houthis targeted US and foreign ships, leading ...

A multimillion-dollar Saudi television production portraying the life of an early Islamic ruler has caused controversy in the ...

For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq it will start the following day, authorities announced.