BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities have executed at least 60 people so far in 2014, a United Nations report said Sunday, expressing concern that “irreversible miscarriages of justice” were taking place in ...

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has called for the "immediate" execution of all convicted "terrorists" on death row after the bodies of eight members of the country's security forces thought to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian Democratic Forces gather outside the city of Derik in north-east Syria on Thursday. The Kurdish-led forces’ grip on the ...

An Iraqi nongovernmental organization says it is watching over large numbers of files that detail mass killings in the country and which provide clues to the disappearances of many people. With ...

Saddam Hussein governed Iraq with an unyielding grip for over 20 years, dominating the Middle Eastern country through intimidation, brutality and control, ruthlessly suppressing any opposition.

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed, according to Iraqi state television and other media outlets. Saddam had been sentenced to... Iraq Executes Saddam; Challenges Remain Former ...

He was a brutal tyrant, but he remains an important symbol of strength for disillusioned Sunnis throughout the region. Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) stand guard at a ...