The dots create an overall pattern as I step back for a bird's-eye view ... mosques, and intersections in predominately Shiite areas. Sunni neighborhoods are marked by a lack of flags. "Baghdad ...

Mosques had minarets which are thin towers with balconies. Doors and windows were often designed as arches. The River Tigris in Baghdad was used for trade, travel and irrigation (watering crops).

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Sunni gunmen stormed two Shiite homes in Diyala province overnight and slaughtered 21 men in front of their ... to death and torching Sunni mosques, witnesses told CNN.

2025 shows the spiraling minaret of Abu Dulaf Mosque on the outskirts of Samarra, in Salahuddin province, Iraq. Samarra Archaeological City, located about 130 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad ...

In addition to the shrine, two Sunni mosques were attacked late Friday in southwest Baghdad by a "large number ... has taken a toll on the political front. The top Sunni political coalition ...