This historic map shows that the tribes had taken Syrian land and northern Iraqi ground in its first effort. A later expansion under Suleiman the Magnificent in the 1500s captured the rest of Iraq.

By the 19th century, the tribal map of Iraq was filled out by other powerful confederations and tribes, including the Shammar, the ’Anaza, the Bani Tamim, and the Zafir.

Al-Qaeda in Iraq recognized its failures and has attempted to rebuild ties to the tribes and the Sunni insurgent groups. In February, al Qaeda in Iraq created the Mujahideen Shura in an attempt to ...

The above map from Morgan Stanley illustrates why Iraq is crucial to the Middle East amid flaring sectarian tensions. Iran is 91% Shia, Iraq is 66% Shia, Syria is 16% Shia, and Lebanon is 30% Shia.

THE big maps on the walls of the sprawling American base known as Camp Victory, next to Baghdad's main airport, show Iraq as a country divided into parts more or less dominated by either Sunni or ...

Some Sunni tribes in Syria and Iraq, driven from their ancient lands by Islamic State (IS), are planning their return in a post-IS scenario. VOA has learned that dozens of tribes, whose ancestors ...