Islamic State Kills at Least 50 More Members of Iraqi Tribe

Islamic State militants have executed at least 50 more tribesmen in Iraq's Anbar province as part of a mass killing campaign being carried out by the group for resisting IS rule. Local sources say the shooting of members of the Sunni Muslim Albu Nimr tribe occurred on Friday. A few days ago, Iraqi officials said 150 bodies from that tribe, which resisted the Islamic State advance west of Baghdad, were found buried in a mass grave near the city of Ramadi. More than 70...

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