Mass graves in Iraq

Sites have been discovered in all regions of the country and contain members of every major religious and ethnic group in Iraq as well as foreign nationals, including Kuwaitis and Saudis.

[1] Several entities and groups have deployed mass graves to cover up the Extrajudicial killing of civilians, enemy combatants, and rival factions in various civil conflicts.

Under the rule of Saddam Hussein, mass graves were used to bury Iranian soldiers who were killed on Iraqi territory.

[2] It was then widely used to bury civilians, protesters, defectors, and armed resistance groups that participated in the 1991 Iraqi uprisings[3] In the span of 21 years of searching, 3115 bodies from the 1991 Iraqi uprisings have been found in total[4] and 605-755 bodies from the Anfal campaign have been found in total.

[9] Following the fall of the Baath regime, efforts were made by both Iraqi authorities and international organizations to uncover mass graves in Iraq.