More journalists have been killed in Iraq than in any other country.

Iraq leads the list of 97 countries where journalists have been killed for doing their work. At least 149 local and 23 foreign journalists have been killed there.The Islamic State has been responsible for the deaths of at least 24 journalists since 2013, mostly in Iraq, but also in Syria, Turkey and France. The group began abducting journalists for ransom, and many were tortured before being killed.James Foley, who was abducted in 2012 and beheaded in August 2014, was the first American journalist to be killed by the Islamic State in Syria. The militants also claimed responsibility for the death of Ruqia Hassan, the first female journalist killed by the group.