00:00Iraqi officials started exhuming human remains from what they believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State, according to the Associated Press, and feared there to be thousands of bodies.
00:15Work started in mid-August to search for human remains at a mass grave ISIS left behind in the northern city of al-Hasfa.
00:23Head of the Martyrs Foundation told the Associated Press on Sunday the process requires specialized assistance to navigate site hazards, such as sulfur water and unexploded munitions.
00:35The Martyrs Foundation mentioned work on the site is limited to gathering visible human remains and surface evidence, estimating the site could contain thousands of bodies.
00:44The governor of the Nineveh province said during a press conference the site is a, quote, crime that shocks the mind and conscience.
00:52ISIS executed more than 2,000 residents in a single day, an Iraqi government spokesperson said.
00:59The terrorist group controlled about one-third of Syria and 40 percent of Iraq between 2013 and 2017.
01:05During that time, about 20,000 people from various ethnic and religious backgrounds were executed.
01:11As authorities collaborate with various organizations on the excavation, an Iraqi government spokesperson wrote on X that evidence of ISIS's terrorist rule is still emerging years after the group lost control of its territory.
01:25He added the government has committed to identifying all victims and notifying families.
01:30For Straight Arrow News, I'm Kayleigh Carey.
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