Mass grave found in last Islamic State bastion - SDF

FILE PHOTO: A fighter from Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) checks a man near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo

DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria (Reuters) - A mass grave containing the bodies of dozens of people who may be Yazidis enslaved by Islamic State has been found in territory recently seized by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an SDF official said on Thursday.

Many of the bodies found in the Baghouz area were those of women.