The project’s director said victims buried at the huge site, near Mosul, include executed soldiers, members of the Yazidi minority and city residents.

BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Daesh group near Mosul city, the project’s director said…

The project’s director said victims buried at the huge site, near Mosul, include executed soldiers, members of the Yazidi minority and city residents.

The al-Khasfa site, near Iraq’s second-largest city, could contain 4,000 remains and possibly thousands more.