Nadia Murad: ISIS slaughtered my Yazidi community
We don't want your pity -- we want justice. Opinion by Nadia Murad Updated 1452 GMT (2252 HKT) August 16, 2021 Nadia Murad is a Yazidi...
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Iraq rejects Kurdish attempts to establish court for ISIS crimes
© 2021 RUDAW 27-06-2021 Khazan Jangiz Iraq Federal Supreme Court rejects Kurdish attempts to establish court for ISIS crimes © Image...
USCIRF APPLAUDED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ
© 2021 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2021 USCIRF Praises Additional...
Is Islamic State rebuilding in Syrian desert?
Hardly a day passes without the Islamic State carrying out an attack against government forces and their allied militias in the Syrian...
Ten mine-clearing workers killed in Afghanistan gun attack
Another 16 wounded when gunmen raided a compound of the HALO Trust charity in northern Baghlan province. The coffins of the victims in...
ISIS committed genocide against Yazidis & Shia: UN investigation
Experts say they established convincing evidence that ISIS committed genocide ‘against the Yazidi as a religious group’. Evidence...
"WHEN WE GROW UP, WE WILL SLAUGHTER YOU" - ISIS Youth
We Can’t End the Forever War Without Stopping “The City of ISIS” Syrian Democratic Times May 6, 2021 BY: SINAM MOHAMAD “When we grow up,...
UNSC press release: violence flaring in syria
United Nations Security Council | April 28, 2021 With Violence Flaring across Syria, Chief United Nations Mediator Calls for ‘New Means’...
‘Afraid of return’: Palestinians fearful of life in Yarmouk camp
Some 160,000 Palestinians were forced to flee the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus throughout the 10-year-long war. Yarmouk was heavily...
Timestream: Yazidi Persecution and Genocide
Genocide Watch staff have published the sixteenth Timestream in a series of critical genocides in the world. This Timestream covers the...
Disappearance and detention to suppress dissent a hallmark of a decade of conflict in Syria – UN rep
Geneva, 1 March 2021 -- After a decade of conflict, tens of thousands of civilians arbitrarily detained in Syria remain forcibly...
IS brutality returning to Syrian towns
The Islamic State (IS) group has launched more than 100 attacks in north-eastern Syria over the last month alone and is terrorising many...
Syria attack: At least 28 killed in ambush on bus
A bus has been attacked in eastern Syria, killing at least 28 people, reportedly soldiers. Syrian state media said the bus was targeted...
'Our Houses Are Not Safe': Residents Fear Taliban In Afghanistan's Capital
In a mosque on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, a preacher crowed to assembled men and boys: The Taliban, with their...
Brutal Attack in Indonesia Targets Christian Farmers
On November 27, Islamist militants attacked the Christian-majority village of Lembantongoa in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing the village...
Global Centre For The Responsibility To Protect Highlights Syria As "Population At Risk"
RISK LEVEL: CURRENT CRISIS 16 UNSC vetoes blocking action and accountability Populations continue to face war crimes and crimes against...