Rights defenders fear Iraq may give the green light to a spree of executions of convicted jihadists in a show of strength, days after a deadly suicide attack in Baghdad. On Sunday, an official from ...

The UN on Friday harshly criticised the mass-hanging of 38 men at a prison in southern Iraq this week, urging Baghdad to immediately halt all executions. Iraq on Thursday hanged 38 jihadists belonging ...

Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces, at a street in city of Mosul, June 12, 2014. automation A top United Nations ...

Iraq blamed al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi yesterday for a wave of church bombings that killed at least 11 people, saying militants wanted to spark religious conflict and drive Christians out of ...

Saudi Arabia has executed multiple Iraqi nationals convicted of attempting to smuggle narcotics into the kingdom through its Northern Borders region, according to an official statement issued on ...

Iraqi authorities hanged 10 people on Tuesday after they were convicted on "terrorism" charges, security and health officials ...