Sunnis

Gulf proxy war in the making: Here's all you need to know about the crisis in Yemen

The advance of the Houthis threatens to plunge the Arab world's poorest country, Yemen, into a civil war that has already drawn in its Gulf neighbours.

'Reformer' King Abdullah's death: Why Saudis will remain frenemies to the world

King Abdullah was a reformer only in the narrow context of Wahhabi Islam. His death won't bring any peace to the Muslim world as the fundamental causes of jihadism are embedded in the House of Saud's control of Islam's holiest places

Iraq: Car bomb blast kills 14 in Baghdad

A car bomb exploded near a market in the Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people.

Preparing to step up aid for 1,30,000 refugees in Syria: UN agency

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has been stepping up assistance to the Turkish government to aid an estimated 1,30,000 Syria's Kurds.

What Islamic State's radical version of Islam is doing to Syria's Muslims

Options of either dying or accepting radical islam are now laid out in stark religious terms by Islamic State who are trying to carve out their own state in Syria and Iraq.

UP: Mulayam finds new vote bank as Sunni-Shia row gets political hue

Realising that his party’s closeness to the Sunnis is alienating other sections of Muslims, particularly the Shias, and proving counterproductive for his party electorally, Mulayam has started shifting attention to the latter.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar meets Iraqi religious leaders over ISIL insurgency

Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has met senior Iraqi religious leaders in the US.

Iraq crisis: Kerala CM meets Sushma over concerns about stranded nurses

Kerala as well as the Centre are concerned about the safety of the 46 nurses who are stranded in Iraq, said Oommen Chandy after he met Sushma Swaraj.

Iraq: Parliament session ends in chaos as Sunnis, Kurds stage walk out

In Iraqi parliament first session since its election in April collapsed when Sunnis and Kurds refused to return from a recess to the parliamentary chamber after Shi'ites failed to name a Iraq PM.

Iraq must form new govt as soon as possible to quash ISIL threat: US

The US on Monday asked Iraqi leaders to form a new government as soon as possible to unify the country.