For at least 16 of the Iraqi graves, most in territory too dangerous to excavate, officials do not even guess the number of dead. They are a fraction of the mass graves Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) extremists have scattered across Iraq and Syria. Two years later, the 32-year-old has since returned home, living in an area dotted with mass graves. Hundreds of mass graves are believed to be in areas that can only be explored when fighting stops. “This is a drop in an ocean of mass graves expected to be discovered in the future in Syria,” said Awad.

Source: thestar August 30, 2016 21:45 UTC