The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...

US and Ukrainian officials have begun talks in Saudi Arabia to find a way to end the war with Russia. Video shows officials from Ukraine and the United States meeting in Saudi Arabia at the start ...

Power in the Middle East shifted in 2025, with Sunni groups gaining influence while Shiite factions linked to Iran weakened. Political turmoil, economic struggles, and escalating conflicts—especially ...

US military, be warned: after years of fighting in rugged terrain and weathering thousands of air strikes, Yemen's Huthi ...

The conflict-ridden Middle East is affecting geopolitics, particularly because developments there suggest a convergence between political alignments and religious divides and a dangerous drift of the ...

In Saudi Arabia, the Usuli Shiite community ... CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Vali Nasr writes in his new book, The Shia Revival, that war in Iraq will not make the Middle East more democratic ...

Saudi Arabia’s absolute monarchy restricts almost all political rights and civil liberties. No officials at the national level are elected. The regime relies on pervasive surveillance, the ...

Private yachts were moored nearby, and some of the biggest celebrities were in attendance as Saudi Arabia partially opened Neom, its ambitious $500 billion mega-city in the desert. The event was ...

The violence and revenge killings in Syria have once again torn open the scars of its 13-year civil war. An attack on Thursday near the port city of Latakia led to the worst bloodshed since ...

From the very beginning, the viewers are made aware that The Waking of a Nation is a historical drama “inspired by true events”. The six-part series, created and directed by Ram Madhvani, tries to ...

The province is the heartland of the Alawite faith, an offshoot of Shia Islam to which the Assad clan belongs. “We stand against any actions targeting the Syrian people’s right to live in ...

It has also been suggested that the airing of this series could lead to a diplomatic dispute between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Two years ago, when the series was originally scheduled for airing, Muqtada ...