Extremists from the Islamic State have killed at least 500 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said. Some of the victims were buried alive. The killings reported by Iraqi Human Rights Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to Reuters add to a long list of atrocities reportedly committed by the radical ...
Read More »Iraqis defy ISIL to save 840-year-old Crooked Minaret in Mosul
Residents of Mosul have watched helplessly as extremists ruling the northern Iraqi city blew up some of their most beloved landmarks and shrines to impose a stark vision of their Takfiri faith. Next up for destruction, they feared: the Crooked Minaret, a more than 840-year-old tower that leans like Italy’s ...
Read More »ISIS says behind Baghdad bombing that killed 33
Islamic State militants claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an overnight suicide bombing in Baghdad which killed 33 people, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the Iraqi capital. The hardline Islamist group which has led an offensive through northern and western Iraq said the explosion in Kadhimiya, site of a ...
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