IS 'summarily executed' 13 Iraqi civilians: HRW

Islamic State group fighters "summarily executed" 13 civilians after villagers rose up against them at the start of the Iraqi army's offensive to retake Mosul, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The killings took place in the villages of Al-Hud and Al-Lazzagah, 50 kilometres south of Mosul on October 17, the day government forces launched the massive operation to oust the jihadists from the city.