TEHRAN (Basirat)- Daesh terrorist group has executed 284 men and boys in the Mosul area amid the Iraqi army's offensive to drive the militants out of the city, media reported Saturday.

Daesh terrorist group has executed 284 men and boys in the Mosul area amid the Iraqi army's offensive to drive the militants out of the city, media reported Saturday.sputniknews.com reports:
According to CNN, citing an Iraqi intelligence source, those killed
were used as a human shield against the attacks against the terrorists
by the Iraq forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.
Daesh, outlawed in many countries worldwide, is said to have used a
bulldozer to dump the dead bodies of the executed in a mass grave in the
northern part of the city, the channel said.
On October 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the
start of the military operation to retake Mosul from Daesh. According to
local media, about 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and 4,000 Kurdish Peshmerga
fighters are taking part in the operation, backed by artillery and
airstrikes carried out by the US-led international coalition.