BAGHDAD
At least 322 members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe have been killed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants in northern Iraq, the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights said on Monday.
The executions of the Sunni Albu Nimr tribe's members took place in the Hit district of northern Anbar province, the Ministry said in a statement.
Women and children were among those executed, the statement said.
More than 65 members of the tribe were being held hostage as “prisoners of war,” according to the Ministry.
Since mid-June, fighting in Iraq has pitted the Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga forces against ISIL militants, who have taken control of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city.
ISIL is currently in control of large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.
The U.S. is leading an international coalition, which includes France, Germany, and Saudi Arabia, and has carried out numerous airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
According to the UN, an estimated 1.8 million citizens have been internally displaced this year throughout Iraq.
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