Iraqi officials have begun excavating what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by ISIS during its rampage across the country a decade ago. Officials say the initial operation is limited to gathering visible human remains and surface evidence while a full exhumation would require international support.

Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by ISIL (ISIS) during its years of carnage exacted upon the civilian population after it seized large swaths of the nation from 2014 onwards, until being vanquished three years later.