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Iraq: More than 200 mass graves with thousands of bodies discovered

November 6, 2018 Iraq Anbar, Iraq, Islamic State, Kirkuk, Mosul, Nineveh Plains, Syria, UN

Syrian forces excavate a site, said to be a mass grave, in the west of Raqqa governorate in December last year. (Photo: Getty Images)

More than 200 mass graves containing the remains of thousands of people killed by Islamic State have been discovered in northern and western Iraq, according to a UN report released on Tuesday, 5 November. The report by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and UN Human Rights Office documents . . . Read More

Praying for a peacemaker: What do Iraq’s elections mean for the remaining Christians?

May 9, 2018 Iraq Anbar, Chaldeans, Elections, IDPs, Iraq, Islamic State, Karamles, Kirkuk, Kurds, Nineveh Plains, Qaraqosh, Saddam Hussein, Shia, Sunni

A boy recently returned to his home in the Nineveh plains, looks out over the remains of Karamles (WWM May 2017)

Iraqis go the polls on Saturday (12 May) for the first time since the military defeat of Islamic State, whose campaign of terror against non-Muslims pushed thousands of the country’s last Christians to flee their homeland. Only about 200,000 to 300,000 Christians are thought to remain in Iraq now, mostly . . . Read More

IS to cast long shadow over Iraqi civilians

February 17, 2017 Iraq Anbar, Fallujah, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul

Violence and deep division will continue to imperil Iraqi civilians long after Islamic State (IS) is driven out from the territory it captured, according to a lengthy dispatch from the devastated Iraqi city of Fallujah. After The Caliphate, published on BuzzFeed, quotes a senior official in Fallujah, Taleb al-Hosnawi, warning that . . . Read More

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Iraq: More than 200 mass graves with thousands of bodies discovered

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IS to cast long shadow over Iraqi civilians

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