The Iraqi army has a complete database of the names of "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) elements inside Mosul, officials told Diyaruna, vowing that none of them will escape punishment once the city is liberated.

Iraqi forces have won a string of victories against ISIL in recent months and are now strategically positioned to liberate Mosul, the group's last main bastion in Iraq.

Ninawa Operations Command spokesman Brig. Gen. Firas Bashar said the names in the database have been collected from several security agencies and via several sources, and have been cross-checked.

The database will serve as the basis for tracking down and arresting all ISIL elements in Mosul, he said, adding that they will either be killed on the battlefield or prosecuted after the city is liberated.

The information already has helped security services arrest a large number of ISIL elements who have tried to infiltrate among the groups of civilians fleeing Mosul and al-Qayyara, he said.

Legal prosecution

The Ninawa provincial council appointed Ninawa governor Nofal Hammadi to head an administrative body that will submit a legal complaint against ISIL to the Iraqi judiciary in the name of the people of the province, said council member Daoud Jundi.

The complaint will apply to every ISIL element, whether his identity is known or not, and the criterion will be membership in the group or any collaboration with it, he told Diyaruna.

ISIL elements in Mosul will be treated in a purely legal manner without any personal reprisals, and will be held to account in specialised Iraqi courts for all of the crimes they have committed over the past two years, he said.

The group has committed a variety of crimes, Jundi said, the most barbaric of which were aimed at the local population, including crimes of forced displacement, crimes against humanity, and crimes of genocide against Yazidis.

'No place in Mosul'

Mosul residents and tribal leaders agree on one important thing: ISIL elements will not be allowed to live among the population once the city is liberated, said Sheikh Khalid al-Sabah al-Jabouri, head of the "Tribal uprising against ISIL in Ninawa" council.

"We will not allow those who have committed crimes against the Iraqi people, shed their blood and raped their women to live on; this subject is beyond any debate or differences," he told Diyaruna. "They have no place in the city of Mosul."

All other matters and issues will be up for negotiation and discussion between elders and dignitaries without impulsiveness and revenge, he added.

Al-Jabouri said some people are trying to justify the crimes they committed on the pretext that ISIL misled them into joining its ranks.

The people of Mosul will not stand for such explanations, he said, adding that anybody who defends ISIL is surely a member of the group and shall be treated as one.

According to Iraq's joint operations command, Iraqi forces have used security databases to pursue ISIL elements in Salaheddine and Anbar, and have managed to arrest hundreds, based on intelligence from residents.