The al-Maliki government enacted Action policies that were widely seen as having the effect of alienating the country 's Sunni minority and worsening sectarian tensions .

The first explosion hit Attack outside the Al-Taqwa Mosque , home of the Sunni preacher Sheikh Salem al-Rafei .

He has ties to a Sunni organization that enjoys good relations with Lebanon 's powerful Shiite Hezbollah militant group .

The first operation , Marne Torch I began Process_start on 16 June 2007 , when Multinational Division Central launched Military_operation offensive operations against Sunni and Shi'ia extremists , as well as insurgents with Iranian influence in the city and surrounding regions of Arab Jabour in Babil province .

However , relations between some Kurdish organizations and the Iranian government quickly deteriorated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , and though Shi ' a Kurds and some tribal leaders turned Becoming towards the new Shi ' a Islamic State , Sunni Kurdish leftists continued the nationalist project in their enclave in Kurdistan Province .

In response Response , Sunni sheiks banded together Come_together to drive Self_motion insurgents from Ramadi .

In September 2006 , Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha formed Coming_to_be the Anbar Salvation Council , an alliance of approximately 40 Sunni tribes .

World leaders and some Iraqi Sunni and Shi'ite imams condemned Judgment_communication the massacre .

The Ottomans wintered there until 1535 , overseeing Scrutiny the reconstruction Building of Sunni and Shia religious shrines and agricultural irrigation projects .

Before the war Military_operation , Lebanon was multisectarian , with Sunni Muslims and Christians being the majorities in the coastal cities , Shia Muslims being mainly based in the south and the Beqaa Valley to the east , and with the mountain populations being mostly Druze and Christian .

The events of the Second Fitna intensified Cause_change_of_strength sectarian tendencies in Islam and various doctrines were developed Coming_to_be within what would later become the Sunni and Shi ' a sects of Islam .

The massacre Killing , carried out by the Syrian Army under commanding General Rifaat al-Assad , effectively ended Process_end the campaign Social_event begun Process_start in 1976 by Sunni Muslim groups , including the Muslim Brotherhood , against the government .

A spokesperson from the Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram later claimed Statement responsibility .

On 28 December 2013 , a Sunni MP named Name_conferral Ahmed al-Alwani was arrested Arrest in a raid Attack on his home in Ramadi .

However , despite the security crisis , Iraq 's parliament did not allow Preventing_or_letting Maliki to declare Expressing_publicly a state of emergency ; many Sunni Arab and ethnic Kurdish legislators boycotted the session because they opposed Preventing_or_letting expanding the prime minister 's powers .

By 2017 , Israel and several Arab Sunni states led by Saudi Arabia , formed Coming_to_be a semi-official coalition to confront Confronting_problem Iran - a move Motion which some marked Recording as the fading Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the Arab-Israeli Conflict .