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Nabih Berri, the leader of the Shiite Amal party that is allied with Hezbollah, has been a key figure in negotiations for a ceasefire mediated by Western nations.
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Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
For example, the president of Lebanon is designated to be Christian, the prime minister Sunni, and the speaker of parliament Shiite.
—Maryclare Roche, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2024
Identity seeped into everyday bureaucratic procedures, such as getting a new passport or driver’s license; knowing, for instance, whether the passport administrator at a particular office was Sunni or Shiite helped speed a successful application.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2023
The assaults on shipping have raised the profile of the Houthis, who are members of Islam’s minority Shiite Zaydi sect, which ruled Yemen for 1,000 years until 1962.
—Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
The group, which espouses a religious ideology inspired by a sect of Shiite Islam, has honed its military capabilities through years of civil war.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
In 2014, the Houthis — who espouse a religious ideology inspired by a sect of Shiite Islam — took over the Yemeni capital, Sana.
—Shuaib Almosawa, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
The rebels named themselves after Hussein al-Houthi, a key figure who promoted the Zaydi branch of Shiite Islam, which dominated Yemen for centuries.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
On one side are the Houthis, an insurgent Shiite Islamist movement that grew out of a northwestern Yemeni tribe; on the other side is a regime backed by a coalition of Sunni Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
—Samanth Subramanian, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
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Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
For example, the president of Lebanon is designated to be Christian, the prime minister Sunni, and the speaker of parliament Shiite.
—Maryclare Roche, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2024
Identity seeped into everyday bureaucratic procedures, such as getting a new passport or driver’s license; knowing, for instance, whether the passport administrator at a particular office was Sunni or Shiite helped speed a successful application.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2023
The assaults on shipping have raised the profile of the Houthis, who are members of Islam’s minority Shiite Zaydi sect, which ruled Yemen for 1,000 years until 1962.
—Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
The group, which espouses a religious ideology inspired by a sect of Shiite Islam, has honed its military capabilities through years of civil war.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
In 2014, the Houthis — who espouse a religious ideology inspired by a sect of Shiite Islam — took over the Yemeni capital, Sana.
—Shuaib Almosawa, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
The rebels named themselves after Hussein al-Houthi, a key figure who promoted the Zaydi branch of Shiite Islam, which dominated Yemen for centuries.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
On one side are the Houthis, an insurgent Shiite Islamist movement that grew out of a northwestern Yemeni tribe; on the other side is a regime backed by a coalition of Sunni Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
—Samanth Subramanian, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Shiite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shiite. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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