Former Al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had reportedly called for the establishment of an autonomous Sunni province in 2007.
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council sentenced the widow of Abu Ayyub al-Masri to twenty years in prison for her role in supporting terrorist insurgents.
Top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on Bahraini authorities to end a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters in the kingdom.
A regional showdown over Bahrain is exacerbating the split between Iraqi Shia and Sunnis, who see it through the lens of the sectarian-fueled war in Iraq
A regional showdown over Bahrain is exacerbating the split between Iraqi Shia and Sunnis, who see it through the lens of the sectarian-fueled war in Iraq.
Iraq's most revered Shia cleric urged the country's politicians to heed calls for reform after thousands of Iraqis took to the streets to protest.