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New Mass Grave Unearthed near Mosul

New Mass Grave Unearthed near Mosul
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Government forces in Iraq found a mass grave containing the skeletal remains of some 100 decapitated bodies in a town recently liberated from the Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] terrorist group near the strategic, northern city of Mosul.

New Mass Grave Unearthed near Mosul

Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, the spokesman for the Iraqi Joint Military Command [JOC], said Iraqi soldiers found the grave near the agricultural college of the recently-liberated town of Hammam al-Alil, which is located about 14 kilometers to the south of Mosul, late on Monday.

Rasool added that a forensics team from Baghdad would examine the remains at the site on Tuesday.

Brigadier General Ali al-Lami, a top Iraqi security official, said the remains belonged to the civilians who refused to collaborate with the Daesh terrorist group, including members of the Iraqi security forces.

Earlier on Monday, the Iraqi army announced that it had liberated Hammam al-Alil from Daesh terrorists, and that the army was moving toward Mosul's international airport.

Video footage broadcast by the Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen television news network showed images of soldiers raising the national Iraqi flag on a rooftop in the town.

Mosul has been under Daesh control since 2014, when the terrorist group started a terrorist blitz in Iraq.

The JOC announced in a statement on Monday that Iraqi forces liberated 64 regions in the northern province of Nineveh - of which Mosul is the capital - and killed a total of 202 terrorists over the past five days.

The statement added that 14 car bombs had been destroyed, 12 booby-trapped hideouts blown up and a drone belonging to Daesh extremists shot down during the mentioned period.

Additionally, 12 Daesh terrorists were killed on Monday as Iraqi Air Force F16 fighter jets, based on information provided by the National Intelligence Service, carried out a precision strike against a Daesh depot of rockets and munitions on the eastern outskirts of Mosul.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization [WHO] said it has set up 82 "rapid response teams" to manage potential disease outbreaks, chemical exposure and other health concerns among people fleeing Mosul.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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