The clash between Shia Hezbollah and Al-Ahbash Sunni gropu broke out late Tuesday in the mainly Muslim west Beirut district of Burj Abi Haidar, a stronghold of parliament speaker Nabih Berri's Shiite ...

Ethiopian police surround mosque as sit-in takes place; protesters are out against government promotion of Sufi-influenced Al Ahbash Islamic current, say activists Protesters against government ...

At least three people were killed on Tuesday in Lebanon, as supporters of Hizbullah clashed with members of the Sunni al-Ahbash faction in a Beirut neighborhood. Sources in Lebanon said the clashes ...

BEIRUT – BEIRUT (AP) — The most serious fighting in Beirut since 2008 appears to have been touched off by a traffic dispute that escalated into deadly, hours-long street battles between the Shiite ...

Sparked by a dispute over parking problems. Several shops and dozens of cars burned. For the two factions it is an "isolated incident, without religious or political overtones." Beirut (AsiaNews / ...

BEIRUT, Aug 25: Lebanese soldiers were deployed in force on Wednesday in tension-gripped Beirut ahead of the funerals of three people killed in a clash between the Shia-based Hezbollah and Al Ahbash, ...

Former minister Faisal Karami on Monday announced an electoral alliance in the Tripoli-Minieh-Dinniyeh district with the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (al-Ahbash), the Marada Movement and ...

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese soldiers were deployed in force Wednesday in Beirut ahead of the funerals of three people killed in a clash between two pro-Syrian movements, the Shiite Hezbollah and a Sunni ...