Over 70 Mass Graves Found in Northern Iraq

YemenExtra

The Iraqi forces unearthed over 70 mass graves containing the bodies of Iraqi civilians, mostly Izadi people, tortured and slain by the ISIL terrorists in three towns near the Northern city of Mosul, which was once the ISIL terrorists’ main stronghold in the country.

Several mass graves have been found in areas formerly controlled by ISIL terrorists since Iraqi forces launched their major offensive in October 2016 to liberate Mosul, the ISIL’s last urban stronghold in the Arab state.

The largest mass grave on the territory of Iraq, allegedly containing the bodies of more than four thousand people, was found late February not far from the city of Mosul near the Baghdad-Mosul road.