Lebanon’s most senior Shi’a cleric died on the Fourth of July. His name, Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, will mean nothing to most Americans, just as they won’t see any connection between it and ...

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How did CNN senior editor of Middle East affairs Octavia Nasr celebrate July 4? By mourning the passing of Hezbollah’s Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. Here’s what the CNN editor posted on her ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was buried on Tuesday, mourned by hundreds of thousands who paid homage to an early mentor of Hezbollah who became one of ...

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s top political and religious figures hailed Sunday Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah as a man of dialogue and the spiritual leader of resistance against Israel.

BEIRUT: Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah stressed Lebanon's current need for young leaders truly concerned about building a nation in which citizens act without maliciousness or ...

Since its launch in 1964 Middle Eastern Studies has become required reading for all those with a serious concern in understanding the modern Middle East. Middle Eastern Studies provides the most up-to ...

The leading Shiite cleric in Lebanon and one of the sect's most revered authorities, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, died Sunday in Beirut after a long illness. He was 75. Fadlallah's ...

It takes 20 years to build a job, 140 characters to end it. On Tuesday, CNN senior editor for Middle Eastern Affairs Octavia Nasr posted this comment on Twitter: “Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed ...

In the latest case of new media (or oversharing) gone wrong, CNN’s Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs Octavia Nasr is leaving the company following the controversy caused by her tweet in praise of ...

(Corrects word to billion from million in final paragraph) BEIRUT, Feb 27 (Reuters) - One of the most respected clerics in Shi'ite Islam called on Wednesday for action against a school of thought used ...