<p>Iraqi forces discovered</a> a mass grave at the abandoned Al-Bakara Base, a former Iraqi military outpost used by Islamic State militants to execute hundreds of Iraqi soldiers and civilians near Hawija in the Kirkuk province on November 11.</p><p>Rakan Said, the acting governor of Kirkuk, announced</a> the discovery of the mass grave just hours before Shiite militia leaders arrested Hassan al-Tikriti, the alleged IS commander responsible for the executions</a>. Hassan al-Sufi, a local Popular Mobilization Unit commander in Kirkuk, told the media that al-Tikriti confessed his responsibility for the mass executions without providing any further details. Credit: YouTube/Kirkuk Provincial Media Office via Storyful</p><br />
