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The article discusses Iraqi president Fuad Masum's nomination of Shiite Muslim political leader Haider al-Abadi as prime minister of Iraq, highlighting Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's refusal to step down as prime minister. Topics addressed include allegations regarding Maliki's role in fueling sectarian tensions in the country and the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Sunni Muslim extremist organization, as well as U.S. responses to political instability in Iraq.

The article focuses on the separation between Shiite Kadhimiya and Sunni Adhamiya, the two oldest communities in Baghdad, Iraq. Sunni boat operator Yassin Daoud states that the country is celebrating two Ramadan. History professor Ali al-Nashmi says that the habit of Shia of walking through Adhamiya to Imam Kadhim has been disrupted by the attacks occurred in Adhamiya in 2003.

The article discusses Shiite militias responses to a Sunni Muslim insurgency in Iraq affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization as of July 9, 2014. Topics addressed include the presence of Shiite militias in areas around the Iraqi city of Samarra, as well as the significance of defending a Shiite shrine in Samarra.

The article discusses sectarian-motivated murders of Sunni Muslims by Shiite Muslim militias within the city of Baghdad, Iraq as of June 25, 2014. Topics addressed include the impact of an insurgency of Sunnis affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization, as well as a growing sense of fear amongst Sunnis in Baghdad as the number of Sunni disappearances and murders increases.

The article reports on the 2014 efforts of Iraqi political leaders to replace Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki in light of the prime minister's alleged marginalisation of non-Shiites in Iraq. Topics discussed include the need for an Iraqi leader to convince the Sunnis and Kurds that he can keep the country together, the June 2014 Sunni-led uprising in Iraq, and possible candidates to replace Maliki, including Adel Abdul Mahdi, Ahmed Chalabi, and Bayan Jaber.

The article reports on the June 2014 killings of Sunni prisoners in Iraq held in prisons controlled by the Shiite government, possibly in response to violence caused by Sunni militants and with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant organization. Topics discussed include the possibility that the country will return to civil war, the spread of violence into the city of Baghdad, Iraq, and that the U.S. military is no longer in the country following the end of the Iraq War in 2011.

The article discusses Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's decision to focus on recruiting Shiite Muslims to oppose Sunni Muslim militants aligned with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization who have captured a number of Iraqi cities, noting that Maliki has not focused on political reconciliation with Sunni Arabs and Kurds in Iraq. Topics addressed include Shiite politicians' concerns with Maliki's sectarian approach, as well as U.S. calls for involving the Sunnis.

The article discusses claims made by Sunni Muslim militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization that the group had executed 1,700 Shiite Muslim Iraqi soldiers as of June 15, 2014. Topics addressed include photographs of the alleged killings that the group posted on the Internet, concerns that the claims could escalate sectarian conflict in Iraq, and the Iraqi government's response to the photographs.

The article discusses Shiite Muslims in Iraq joining militias in order to fight against Sunni Muslim militants aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization who have captured a number of Iraqi cities as of June 14, 2014. Topics addressed include Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's calls for opposition to the Sunni militants, as well as the responses of the Iraqi Army and the government of Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

The article discusses calls by Shiite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for Shiite Muslims in Iraq to take up armed opposition against Sunni Muslim militants aligned with extremist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who have captured a number of cities in Iraq as of June 14, 2014. Topics addressed include a possible U.S. and Iranian responses to the conflict in Iraq, as well the responses of Shiite militias and the Iraqi Army.

The article reports that a report by Iraq's Red Crescent relief organization has found a huge internal migration within the country that has reshaped its ethnic and sectarian populations in complex ways. Over a million persons in Baghdad alone have moved at least once. Sunni and Shiite populations remain mixed in Iraq's center, suggesting that partitioning the country, as some have proposed, would be difficult to accomplish without increased bloodshed.

This article reports that the largest bloc of Sunni Arabs in the Iraqi Parliament, the Iraqi Consensus Front, is threatening to withdraw its ministers from the Shiite-dominated cabinet in frustration over the failure of the government to address Sunni concerns. United States President George W. Bush has invited Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi to Washington in an effort to forestall the action. Two weeks ago six cabinet members left the already weakening the government.

The article discusses the contrast between Shiite and Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq. In Shiite areas, markets are thriving, community projects are underway, and fuel for electricity generators is available. Sunni streets have ruined buildings, uncollected trash, and so little electricity that refrigerators have been abandoned. The Sunnis consider anyone who works with the government to be an enemy collaborator, irrespective of sect.

The article focuses on the questions asked by members of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to Muslims in Iraq to distinguish between Shiites and Sunnis such as what is their name, where do they live, and how do they pray.

At least seven bombs exploded around Iraq on Thursday amid an uptick in violence as American troops prepared to withdraw from Iraqi cities by Tuesday. The bombings were widespread, making targets of both Shiites and Sunnis, civilians and Iraqi security forces, and American soldiers. There were at least five attacks in Baghdad. One, at a bus station, killed two people and wounded 30 in the late morning, security officials said, though witnesses at the scene said the toll was higher. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Haunted by ghosts, the middle-aged farmer walked slowly through his home village, a place so devastated he had difficulty recognizing his own house among the ruins. Once a well-tended Shiite farming community in a part of Diyala Province with many Sunnis, it is now little more than piles of shattered concrete. Half-fallen roofs slant earthward at odd angles; the skeletons of rooms are filled with debris. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In an operation with military and political objectives, the Iraqi Army continued to assemble troops in and around the southern city of Amara on Sunday. Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki offered an amnesty to militants in the city who were willing to surrender, and he also offered to buy back heavy weapons from militia fighters. Similar offers in the past few months have presaged military operations against Shiite or Sunni militias in Basra, the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that 46 Iraqis were killed in assassinations, roadside bombs and a suicide car bomb. Not only this, two soldiers of the U.S. also died, one in a combat operation in Baghdad and another in a helicopter crash. Several sectarian killings indicated reasons for widespread anxiety over brutal acts by Shiite and Sunni groups. In separate incidents, two Iraqi reporters were also killed.

The article reports on the protest of the Sunni and Shiite residents of a Sunni Arab enclave in Adhamiya, Iraq against the proposed construction of a wall around the enclave on April 23, 2007. The wall is aimed at protecting Sunni Arabs residing in the enclave. Following the protest, the U.S. was showing signs of backing away from the plan.

The article reports on the change of Iraqi government's policy regarding on-going construction of the wall protecting Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq. While on a visit to Egypt, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki ordered a halt to the construction. Both Sunni and Shiite parties have opposed the project. His announcement is aimed at allaying the mounting criticism to the construction. He said that other methods would be explored to protect neighborhoods.

The article reports that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Michael Gates arrived in Baghdad, Iraq on April 19, 2007 to force Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to act faster for reconciliation between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq. Gates said that he would also urge the Iraqi government to pass legislation related to sharing of revenue earned from the petroleum industry in Iraq.

The article focuses on the efforts by Iraqi government to reconcile Sunnis and Shiites. Announcement by Iraq Prime Minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to introduce a modification in the law that restricts members of the Baath Party of Saddam Husein from holding government jobs is a step in this direction. Zalmay Khalilzad, the American ambassador to Iraq, who had served in Iraq for 21 months, emphasized to move with certain pace to sustain the U.S. support.