According to an announcement by the relevant Ministry for Human Rights, since the first attack of the Islamic state in June, 2700 people are officially missing in Iraq, mainly soldiers.

The Ministry supports that the figures of the report were drawn up on the basis of reports submitted by relatives of the missing persons, while the number is believed to be even greater.

The Ministry has asked of the families to give a DNA sample in order to be able to recognize the victims which are probably among the mass graves.

The Human Rights Watch revealed that Jihadists of the Islamic State have executed more than 600 prisoners on the 10th of July by forcing them to kneel on the edge of a tomb which then burned their corpses.