UNHCR: 3,000 Fleeing Iraqi Villagers Captured By ISIS

The UN refugee agency said that ISIS terrorists have captured up to 3,000 Iraqis fleeing villages in  the northern district of Kirkuk on Thursday. They UNHCR also reported that 12 of them of them had been executed while in captivity. Press TV reports: The report followed a statement on Thursday from the Iraqi Observatory for Human rights, which said about 1,900 civilians had been captured by an estimated 100-120 Daesh militants. The observatory said Daesh was using people as shields against attacks by Iraqi security forces, adding scores of civilians had been executed, and six burnt. The report said the Takfiri group had captured the internally displaced people from villages in Hawijah District in Kirkuk Governorate trying to flee to Kirkuk city. “Reportedly, 12 of the IDPs have been killed in captivity,” the UNHCR report said. The Iraqi army and allied volunteer forces are preparing for a final push to dislodge Daesh from Mosul – the Takfiri group’s last major city in Iraq. The UN has appealed for about $2 billion of donations to deal with the aftermath of the Mosul assault but has received nothing so far. The likely capture of thousands of Iraqis came as Izadis marked this week the [...]