Iraq

HRW: Iraq women being abused in detention

Human Rights Watch reports that Iraqi security officials are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting them to torture, ill-treatment and threats of sexual abuse.

Iraq

Iraq executes 26 on terrorism offenses

Amid protests from international rights groups over a wave of executions and poor judicial standards, Iraq announced the execution of another 26 on terrorism charges.

Iraq

Qaedists lose ground in Syria; gain in Iraq

Syrian rebels launched an offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—just as the Qaeda-inspired army has seized the Iraqi towns of Fallujah and Ramadi.

Iraq

Iraq: civil resistance leader assassinated

Azad Ahmed, a leading figure in Iraq’s civil resistance movement, was murdered by unknown assailants when his car was stopped between Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah. 

Iraq

Iraq: death squads target Mujahedeen Khalq?

At least 47 are dead following an Iraqi military assault on Camp Ashraf, a refugee settlement inhabited by exiled members of Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq. 

Iraq

Iraq: sectarian war escalating fast

Sectarian violence has killed at least 200 in Iraq since the start of Ramadan, and Hezbollah has launched an Iraqi wing to fight al-Qaeda’s networks in the country.