Iraqis unearth mass graves in city where Islamic State ruled
The bodies are evidence of a massacre carried out by Islamic State militants in June
2014.
TIKRIT, Iraq — Saddam Hussein’s former palace complex here is seemingly idyllic, its gardens lined with lush palm trees and bursts of bougainvillea. But at the heart of the verdant compound, diggers are turning over the earth in search of evidence from what could be one of Iraq’s worst atrocities in more than a decade.