Fuad had been a soldier two years before the 1991 uprising, but had returned to civilian life. The two young men disappeared, and for years the family had no information about their fate.

Anti-government protests have erupted on a regular basis in Iraq in recent years. But these are the largest and bloodiest since the US-led invasion in 2003 that overthrew Saddam Hussein.

In the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, law and order broke down throughout Iraq as government forces were expelled from Kuwait, triggering a popular uprising throughout southern, predominantly Shi ...

This year Kurds in Kirkuk celebrated the Kurdish New Year of Newroz, which coincides with the remembrance of 1991 Kurdish uprising against Iraq's Baathist regime and liberation of Kirkuk city that ...