Uncovering ISIS’s Mass Graves
In Iraq, these terrible trenches are all that remain of men, women, and children murdered by ISIS.
A mass grave site where ISIS executed and buried members of the local Yazidi minority. When KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) officials excavated the site in February, they found the bodies of 21 men, one woman, and one child.
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A mass grave site where ISIS executed and buried members of the local Yazidi minority. When KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) officials excavated the site in February, they found the bodies of 21 men, one woman, and one child.
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One of the four mass grave sites near the village of Hardan. These sites has not been excavated because they are within sniper range from ISIS positions.
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Melko Saido, age 66, volunteered as a soldier after ISIS massacred civilians near his village.
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One of the four mass grave sites near the village of Hardan. These sites has not been excavated because they are within sniper range from ISIS positions.
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Pesmerge soldiers and locals examine a mass grave site.
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One of the four mass grave sites near the village of Hardan. These sites has not been excavated because they are within sniper range from ISIS positions.
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A local man examines an ISIS mass grave site where 20 men, a woman, and a child are buried. The victims, executed in the same spot, belonged to the Yazidi minority.
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Site of an ISIS mass grave by the Mousul Dam lake.
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Pesmerge fighters examining the ISIS mass grave sites.
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A Pesmerge fighter in an ISIS mass grave site.
Pesmerge fighters show a grave site they located. The graves can not be excavated because they are within sniper range from ISIS positions.
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Pesmerge fighters show a grave site they located. The graves can not be excavated because they are within sniper range from ISIS positions.
Yusuf Sayman for The Daily Beast
Pesmerge fighters examining an ISIS mass grave site. The graves can not be excavated because they are within sniper range from ISIS positions.
Yusuf Sayman for The Daily Beast
Site of an ISIS mass grave by the Mousul Dam lake.
Yusuf Sayman for The Daily Beast
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