Tikrit Massacre

An Iraqi court today sentenced 40 men to hang over the June 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit, the judiciary said.

The Islamic State jihadist group on Saturday released new footage of its June 2014 massacre of hundreds of mostly Shiite military recruits in Tikrit.

The US has condemned the reports of massacre of 1700 Iraqi Shia air force recruits in Tikrit by Islamic terrorists as "horrifying" and urged all Iraqis to unite against this violence, the State Department has said.

Dramatic footage of a deadly hostage situation at a government building in northern Iraq was released on Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon ten gunmen wearing explosive belts under military uniforms had charged into the provincial council building in Tikrit, 130 kilometers north of Baghdad.57 people have so far been counted dead and 98 wounded, accord...

An Iraqi court today sentenced 40 men to hang over the June 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit, the judiciary said.

The Islamic State jihadist group on Saturday released new footage of its June 2014 massacre of hundreds of mostly Shiite military recruits in Tikrit.

The US has condemned the reports of massacre of 1700 Iraqi Shia air force recruits in Tikrit by Islamic terrorists as "horrifying" and urged all Iraqis to unite against this violence, the State Department has said.

Dramatic footage of a deadly hostage situation at a government building in northern Iraq was released on Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon ten gunmen wearing explosive belts under military uniforms had charged into the provincial council building in Tikrit, 130 kilometers north of Baghdad.57 people have so far been counted dead and 98 wounded, accord...