The State-run Al-Shuhadaa (Martyrs) Foundation declared on Saturday uncovering a mass grave in the southern Al-Muthanna province containing remains of 155 persons, suspected victims of execution by ...

The mass grave is located in the Tal al-Sheikh (Hill of Sheikh), an area in the al-Salman ... The former regime in Iraq executed about 180,000 Kurds during the so called Anfal operations that dated ...

Following Iraq's deadly war with Iran in the 1980s, Saddam's government carried out the ruthless "Anfal Operation" between 1987 and 1988 ... Ahmed Qusai, the head of the excavation team for mass ...

The Anfal campaign (1987-1988) was a systematic genocide targeting the Kurdish population by Saddam Hussein's regime. The discovery of mass graves is a reminder of the extent of these atrocities, with ...

The latest mass grave discovery, in the Tel Al Sheikhiya desert, is one of the largest linked to the Anfal campaign and “contains the remains of countless innocent victims, including women and ...

At 80, Syrian Abdel Rahman Athab still holds on to hope of finding his son, missing for 11 years. He searched tirelessly—watching former detainees leave prisons, combing through hospitals, and finally ...

The mass graves discovered are linked to the Anfal military campaign executed by Saddam Hussein's regime between 1987 and 1988, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 180,000 Kurds.

Following Iraq’s deadly war with Iran in the 1980s, Saddam’s government carried out the ruthless “Anfal Operation ... of the excavation team for mass graves in Iraq, meanwhile, pointed ...

The mass grave, discovered in May via satellite images ... were discovered" during the review and analysis of aerial images. The Anfal campaign began in 1986. Then-president Saddam Hussein ...