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The mass execution of people in Iraq indicates the strategic “weakness” and “vulnerability” of the Takfiri ISIL terrorists, says an expert, Press TV reports.

James Petras, a Middle East expert, said in an interview with Press TV from New York that the fact that the ISIL terrorists resort to arbitrary executions, particularly against Sunnis, is a sign of their “weakness” because of their failure to gain the allegiance of Sunni tribes.

“I think this is a strategic weakness… and the fact that they are executing fellow Sunnis indicates that their political strategy is very vulnerable and subject to deterioration,” he said.

The remarks came as the ISIL Takfiri terrorists have executed groups of Sunni people in Iraq’s western province of Anbar.

More than 300 people have been executed since the massacre of Albu Nimr tribesmen began in the middle of last week, according to tribal authorities.

The latest mass killings came a day after the terrorist group similarly executed 85 Sunnis from the same tribe.

Petras further noted that the ISIL group is on the “road to defeat,” adding that their failure to secure the allegiance of Sunni tribes has put them in a position of stagnation.

Anbar Province, which borders war-ravaged Syria, has been a major stronghold of the ISIL elements and continues to be largely controlled by the terror group.

The ISIL terrorists also control large areas of Syria’s east and north. The group first sent its militants into Iraq in June, seizing large parts of land along the border between the two countries.

They have been carrying out horrific acts of violence, including public decapitations, against Iraqi communities such as Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians.