Middle East funeral politics reveal how ceremonies for the deceased are powerful tools for shaping state narratives, ...

The Saudi presence at the Ayatollah's funeral as well as its refusal to join America's 'Project Freedom' points to a quiet shift away from its ally, the US.

These small stones were once walls and roofs that made those beneath them believe they were protected from summer heat, ...

US alliance amid Middle East tensions and Islam's political impact.

Iranian officials paid their final respects on Friday at the start of a week of funeral events for late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in US-Israeli ...

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will not attend the funeral of Leah Rabin, widow of slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, according to a Palestinian senior official, who spoke on condition of ...

The namaz-e-janaza for Arafat, a 12-year-old madrasa student who had sustained bullet injuries during the July uprising and passed away on Sunday night, was held on Monday at the Central Shaheed Minar ...

Yasser Arafat could have prevented the bloodshed in Gaza, his nephew has said 20 years on from his death today. In an exclusive interview with the Mirror, Nasser al-Kidwa said the Palestinian people ...

Tens of thousands of fans of Ivorian singer DJ Arafat, star of the hugely popular musical style "coupe-decale" who died this month in a motorbike accident, gave him a spectacular send-off at the ...

World leaders converge in Switzerland to discuss peace in Ukraine; Eight Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza; The ...

Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat led thousands of mourners Saturday at the funeral of 17 Palestinians killed in the Israeli air raid on PLO headquarters near Tunis. In Paris, ...