ISIS killed more than 250 civilians and herded together thousands more to use as human shields in Mosul as the embattled jihadists tried to hold on to their last urban stronghold in Iraq.
Some Iraqi families who were displaced by the ongoing operation against ISIS huddled near Qayyarah, south of Mosul.
ISIS targets residents who resist their orders and anyone who tries to escape the territory they still hold. The 250 dead were slaughtered in just two days last week, according to a United Nations report. – READ MORE
