Mosul Today: Iraqis probe mass grave near IS-held Mosul

Iraqis displaced by fighting in Mosul carries mattresses at a camp for internally displaced people in Hassan Sham, Iraq, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. The United Nations says over 34,000 people have been displaced from Mosul, with about three quarters settled in camps and the rest in host communities. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

By Associated Press November 8, 2016 2 min read

BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi investigators were probing a mass grave on Tuesday that was discovered by troops advancing toward the Islamic State-held city of Mosul.

Here is a look at the main developments on the 22nd day of the Mosul Offensive:

MASS GRAVE

The chilling find was the latest instance of mass graves being uncovered on ground wrested from IS militants. The group has killed thousands of people in both Syria and Iraq.

Footage from the site shows bones and decomposed bodies among scraps of clothing and plastic bags dug out of the ground by a bulldozer in the town of Hamam al-Alil.