Tag: sunni
Iraq could split if Shi’ite militias enter Mosul
Iraq is at risk of partition and the worst sectarian bloodletting since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion if Shi'ite paramilitary units get involved...
Survivors say Iraqi forces watched as Shi’ite militias executed 72 Sunnis
Survivors tell the same story: they were taken from their homes by men in uniform; heads down and linked together, then led...
Sunni officials in Iraq say Shi’ite militias kill 70 after IS...
Sunni politicians and tribal chiefs from Iraq's eastern Diyala province accused Shi'ite militias on Monday of killing more than 70 unarmed civilians...
Iraq’s Shi’ite militia, Kurds use U.S. air strikes to further own...
A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in...
Shi’ite militia hangs up 15 executed Sunnis in Iraqi square
Iraqi Shi'ite militia forces executed 15 Sunni Muslims and then hung them from electricity poles in a public square in the town...
Iraq army retakes Saddam Hussein’s home village from Islamist rebels
The Iraqi army drove Sunni insurgents out of late dictator Saddam Hussein's home village, state media and police said, part of a...
Sectarian genie is out of the bottle from Syria to Iraq
As jihadists storm through the Sunni heartlands of Iraq towards Baghdad, where a Shi'ite government they regard as heretic clings on, they...
Advancing Iraq rebels seize Northwest town in heavy battle
Sunni insurgents seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north...
At least 40 killed in Yemen as Houthi fighters near capital
At least 40 people have been killed in three days of fighting between Shi'ite Muslim rebels and Sunni tribesmen, sources on both...
Suicide bomber kills 45 in Iraqi city of Hilla
A suicide bomber driving a minibus packed with explosives killed at least 45 people and wounded 157 on Sunday in the southern...
At least 13 killed in north Yemen clashes
At least 13 people died when Shi'ite Muslim fighters clashed with security forces in northern Yemen on Friday, government sources said, underlining...
Bomb attacks kill at least 24 in Iraq capital
At least 24 people were killed in bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital late on Monday, including blasts near two Shi'ite Muslim...
Car bomb attacks across Iraq kill at least 39
Car bombs killed at least 39 people across Iraq on Sunday and wounded more than 120, mainly targeting busy commercial streets in...
North Yemen fighting kills more than 120
Fighting between Shi'ite Houthi rebels and Sunni Salafis in northern Yemen has killed more than 120 and a government official in charge...
Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi Shi’ite pilgrims, killing 35
A suicide bomber blew himself up during a Shi'ite Muslim religious ritual in the eastern Iraqi city of al-Sadiya on Thursday, killing...
Analysis: Yemen fighting risks deepening sectarian divisions
A deadly assault by Shi'ite Houthi rebels on a Salafi Islamic school planted in their mountain heartland could ignite wider sectarian conflict...
Bombings target Iraq police, pilgrims, killing 19
At least 19 people were killed in bomb attacks targeting Iraqi police and pilgrims on Wednesday, police and medical sources said, just...
Yemen ceasefire deal violated a day after coming into force
A government-brokered ceasefire intended to halt days of clashes in northern Yemen between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim fighters has been violated a...
Sunni-Shi’ite tension biggest threat to world security, Iran says
Tension between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims is the biggest threat to world security, Iran's foreign minister said in comments published on Monday,...
Suicide bombers kill at least 16 soldiers at Iraqi base
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up minutes apart at an Iraqi army base late on Thursday, killing at least 16 soldiers, police...
Overnight shelling takes death toll in north Yemen to 100, say...
Overnight shelling has taken the death toll from fighting between rival Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim groups in a northern town in Yemen...
Death toll in attack on Salafi-held town in Yemen rises to...
The death toll from a Shi'ite Muslim Houthi attack on a mountain town in north Yemen held by their Salafi Sunni Muslim...
Mosque bombing kills 8 Sunni worshippers in northern Iraq
A bomb exploded near a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing eight Sunni worshippers after the first...
Attackers strike Iraq Sunni militia, six killed
Two bombs exploded as members of a government-backed Sunni militia gathered to collect their pay in the Iraqi city of Baquba killing...
Bahrain Shi’ite opposition bloc to boycott elections
Bahrain's largest Shi'ite opposition group said it would boycott parliamentary elections to fill seats vacated when its deputies resigned over the Sunni-led...
