Read more Sunni leaders stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11967/sunni-leaders.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:38:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74199/13-assassinated-outside-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe killing of 13 men and boys west of Baghdad over the weekend has sparked fears of a fresh eruption in sectarian fighting. The victims, including a Sunni politician and several of his relatives, were snatched from their homes and shot by men in Iraqi army uniforms, according to authorities....http://www.newser.com/story/74199/13-assassinated-outside-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 3:22:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32841/sunnis-rejoin-iraqi-parliament.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sunni Arab bloc of Iraq's Parliament returned from a year-long absence today, Reuters reports, as the government approved several Sunni ministerial candidates. The move is a major breakthrough for national reconciliation; "It is a real step forward for political reform," a senior lawmaker in the bloc said. Rafie al-Esawi,...http://www.newser.com/story/32841/sunnis-rejoin-iraqi-parliament.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Jul 2008 7:32:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21323/syria-remains-key-for-foreign-fighters-in-iraq-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSyria is a key jumping-off point for foreign militants in Iraq, with 90% entering through the Syrian border, the Pentagon reported yesterday. “It is not clear that Syria has made a strategic decision to deal with foreign terrorists using Syria as a transit point,” the report notes. Meanwhile, Iran's support...http://www.newser.com/story/21323/syria-remains-key-for-foreign-fighters-in-iraq-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Mar 2008 15:08:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21206/baghdad-blast-kills-5-us-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive American troops are dead after a suicide bomber struck today in the Mansour district of Baghdad, the BBC reports. The soldiers were patrolling a busy shopping center when a young man wearing an explosive vest engaged them in conversation shortly before detonating, said a military spokesman. Three other service...http://www.newser.com/story/21206/baghdad-blast-kills-5-us-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Mar 2008 13:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20497/ahmadinejad-to-visit-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMahmoud Ahmadinejad will fly to Baghdad Sunday to meet with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the first state visit ever by an Iranian president, the BBC reports. Sunni Iraqi leaders expressed outrage over the visit, which also comes a day after the US claimed further evidence of Iranian meddling in the...http://www.newser.com/story/20497/ahmadinejad-to-visit-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Mar 2008 19:48:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12815/6000-iraqi-sunnis-vow-to-aid-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlmost 6,000 Sunni Arab civilians in Iraq turned against Al-Qaeda yesterday and signed a pact to help US forces police possible insurgent escape routes. As insurgents seek to gain a foothold in the semi-autonomous north, American officials hailed the alliance, which is the Iraq war’s largest single volunteer effort,...http://www.newser.com/story/12815/6000-iraqi-sunnis-vow-to-aid-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Nov 2007 7:44:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11398/sunni-chiefs-killed-in-iraq-suicide-bomb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA suicide bomber detonated his vest in a meeting yesterday of anti-al-Qaeda Sunni chiefs, killing five leaders in the battle to drive al-Qaeda from Diyala province, in central Iraq. The bomb went off in the home of Sheikh Faez al-Obeidi, 30 miles north of Baghdad; killed were the sheikh and...http://www.newser.com/story/11398/sunni-chiefs-killed-in-iraq-suicide-bomb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Nov 2007 5:44:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/2339/shiite-al-sadr-reaches-out-to-sunni-rivals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a dramatic shift in tacttics, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is reaching out to rival Sunni leaders in Iraq, and purging radical elements of his own militia, the Washington Post reports. With Sunni insurgents making moves to distance themselves from al-Qaeda, Sadr sees an opportunity for a cross-sectarian political alliance,...http://www.newser.com/story/2339/shiite-al-sadr-reaches-out-to-sunni-rivals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 May 2007 15:14:05 CDT