Iran’s Shia clergy has been supporting the Shia Muslims of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. This spreading influence has caused concern to the Sunni rulers of Arab countries with Shia minorities ...

Shia militias in Iraq have kidnapped and killed scores of Sunni civilians in recent months, a report by campaign group Amnesty International has said. The killings were in apparent revenge for ...

Iraqi authorities sent security forces to break up demonstrators at the main rallying point for anti-government Sunni protests in Western Iraq in the ... Arabs against the Shia-led government.

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Some patterns are evident—a resurgent Iran, heightened Shiite-Sunni ethno-religious tensions, both within and outside Iraq, and calls from the region’s Shiite minority communities for ...

In the statement, al ‘Adnani claimed credit for yesterday’s series of attacks throughout Iraq that targeted security forces and Shia. But the bulk of al ‘Adnani’s speech is devoted to his hatred of ...