In 1988, president Saddam Hussein’s regime used poison gas in an attack on Halabja, killing thousands of people. It was part of the wider Anfal genocide plan enacted against the Kurds in Iraq by ...

After 21 years, the United Nations commemorated the Halabja genocide for the first time on Monday. The silence of the world on this matter until now is indicative of the general international attitude ...

The Iraqi government has declared Halabja, a region notorious for one of the worst chemical weapon attacks in history, a new governorate.. Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid offered his “warmest ...

One person has died in unrest in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja, as hundreds of angry residents attacked a memorial for victims of Saddam Hussein. Police opened fire as an event marking the 18th ...