The al-Khasfa site, near Iraq’s second-largest city, could contain 4,000 remains and possibly thousands more.
Iraqi officials have begun excavating a mass grave in al-Khafsa, believed to hold at least 4,000 remains from ISIL’s brutal rule, particularly of Iraqi security forces and Yazidis. The site, complicated by hazardous conditions, may be the largest mass grave in modern Iraqi history, necessitating international support for full exhumation efforts.
