Kurdish peshmerga forces found the grave near the Shababit junction in northwestern Iraq while scouting the area.
The mayor of Sinjar, Mahma Xelil, said the latest discovery brought the number of Yazidi mass graves found so far to 29, estimating the total would rise to more than 40 as the militants are driven back further.
Two mass graves of Iraq`s Yazidi minority found near Mosul - official
27 November 2016
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Two mass graves of at least 18 members of Iraq`s Yazidi minority, thousands of whom have been killed and kidnapped by Islamic State terrorists, have been discovered as security forces fight to dislodge the militants from Mosul, a local official said.
