The Pentagon has plans to provide military equipment to Sunni tribal fighters, a Defense spokeswoman said on Wednesday, a shift from its current policy to provide the equipment only through the ...

Iraq is collapsing. Last week, another major city – Ramadi – fell to the Islamic State, or ISIS. The loss is particularly painful as the U.S. paid a heavy price to liberate Ramadi from al Qaeda only a ...

"It would also take the president working the phones, and I don’t think he’s inclined to do that." Another former public official who favors engaging Sunni Arabs, former Defense Secretary and Sen.

TEMPLIN Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Germany was ready to help train Sunni Muslim soldiers in Iraq to fight Islamic State insurgents in addition to aid it is ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- In the days leading up to the elections, many political analysts and reporters are understandably focusing on how a Sunni boycott could undermine the legitimacy of a new ...

For decades, Sunni jihadism has been characterized by transnational terrorism, suicide bombing, and excommunication. These three pillars not only attracted the ire of American and European governments ...

BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Considering the oppression inflicted on Iraq's Shiite population by Saddam Hussein's regime it came as little surprise the U.S. occupation found the most support from the ...

December 31, 2007: In Iraq, the rapid change in direction of the fighting, with the sharp drop in terror attacks, and U.S. casualties, was largely the result of ...

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Shiite-led government declared Saturday that after restive areas are calmed, it will disband Sunni groups battling Islamic extremists because it does not want them to become a ...

Iraq's Shiite prime minister promised Sunday to reshuffle his Cabinet after calling lawmakers disloyal and blaming Sunni Muslims for raging sectarian violence that claimed at least 159 more lives, ...

BAGHDAD — Twin bombings killed nine Iraqi soldiers and a civilian Monday at a mostly Shiite market in the capital, a suicide bomber killed at least five people near the Syrian border and authorities ...

Reporting from Baghdad — Prime Minister Nouri Maliki threw his support Saturday behind a decision to ban about 500 candidates from participating in Iraq’s upcoming elections despite an outcry from the ...