Iraq executes 12 ISIL members on death row: PM’s office
Iraq has executed a dozen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) on death row, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said on Friday, after he vowed a swift response to the armed group's killing of eight captives. The executions were carried out on Thursday, and came shortly after Abadi ordered the "immediate" implementation of the death sentences of hundreds of convicted fighters. […]
