Sunni Triangle - Wikipedia
WEBThe Sunni Triangle is a densely populated region of Iraq to the north and west of Baghdad inhabited mostly by Sunni Muslim Arabs. [1] The roughly triangular area's points are usually said to lie near Baghdad (the southeast point), …
List of neighborhoods and districts in Baghdad - Wikipedia
WEBThis article lists neighborhoods and the nine administrative districts within 50 km of Baghdad, Iraq. The order is not alphabetical, but is instead arranged according to whether the neighborhood is east or west of the Tigris and then grouped roughly by …
Iraq's unique place in the Sunni-Shia divide | Pew Research Center
WEBJun 18, 2014 · The ongoing and intensifying conflict in Iraq has fallen – at least in part – along sectarian lines, with the Sunni Muslim militant group ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) advancing against the Shia Muslim-led Iraqi government and Shia militias.
Two Neighborhoods Illustrate Baghdad's Divide : NPR
WEBAug 6, 2007 · Now, we're going to hear about two historic neighborhoods in Baghdad that exemplify this growing sectarian divide. One is Shiite and one is Sunni. And they're both right across the Tigris...
Iraq’s Sunni Arabs - Council on Foreign Relations
WEBOct 14, 2005 · Most Sunni Arabs reside in central Iraq, including the so-called Sunni Triangle, an area that stretches northwest of Baghdad and encompasses insurgent strongholds like Tikrit (Saddam’s...
Red Lines and Deadlines ~ Map 2: Sunni and Shi'a - PBS
WEBSep 23, 2004 · While Shiites have remained a minority throughout most of the Islamic world, they are still the majority in Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. These areas —...
Baghdad - wikishia
WEBShi'a also resided in other areas such as Buratha neighborhood in west of Baghdad, and Suq al-Salah, Bab al-Taq, Suq Yahya, Suq Qalayin, Suq al-Thulatha, Suq al-Asakifa, and Ahl Darb Sulayman in east of Baghdad.
Sunni participation in a Shi‘i‐led Iraq: Identity politics and the road ...
WEBThe Sunni political landscape in the post-2003 period was shaped by several leading Sunni figures who returned to Iraq after many years in exile as oppositional forces to Saddam Hussein's regime. To a large extent, Sunni participation under the new Shi‘i-led regime reflected a personalist system.
Sunni Baghdad Becomes Land of Silent Ruins - The New York …
WEBMar 26, 2007 · Baghdad’s Sunni areas, mostly on the west side, were once roughly 70 percent Sunni and 30 percent Shiite, but those ratios have become more lopsided as Shiites have fled.
WEBsectarian violence: the rise of Shia-organized violence involving the Mahdi Army in a sequence of harassment and threats leading, especially during the 2006 peak in violence, to widespread and systematic displacement of Sunnis in what we term the battle for Baghdad. We assess a Mertonian hypothesis about unanticipated consequences, namely