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Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. Picture: AFP.

Iraq yazidi minority

Amal Clooney to Iraq - Allow UN probe of Islamic State Yazidi crimes

By Reuters

Clooney said the Iraqi government needs to send a letter formally requesting the inquiry before the 15-member council can vote.

  • FILE: A Yazidi Iraqi woman sits with her children at the Bajid Kandala camp near the Tigris River, in Kurdistan's western Dohuk province, where they took refuge after fleeing advances by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq on 13 August, 2014.

    UN: Thousands of Yazidis missing, captive, 2 years after start of 'genocide'

    The Yazidis are a religious community of 400,000 people in northern Iraq.

    2196 days ago
  • FILE: A Yazidi Iraqi woman sits with her children at the Bajid Kandala camp near the Tigris River, in Kurdistan's western Dohuk province, where they took refuge after fleeing advances by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq in 2014. Picture: AFP.

    UN: Islamic State committing genocide against Yazidis

    A report says that the Islamist militants had been systematically rounding up Yazidis in Iraq and Syria.

    2244 days ago
  • FILE: A Kurdish fighter walks by a wall bearing a drawing of the flag of the Islamic State (IS) group in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar. Picture: AFP.

    Yazidi woman begs UN Security Council to wipe out IS

    Nadia Murad Basee Taha, 21, described the torture and rape she suffered at hands of the militants.

    2426 days ago
  • An image grab taken from a video uploaded on May 18, 2015 by Aamaq News Agency, a Youtube channel which posts videos from areas under the Islamic State (IS) group’s control, allegedly shows an IS fighter hanging a flag of the group in a street of Ramadi, the Iraqi capital of Anbar province, a day after the city was captured by IS. Picture: AFP/HO/Aamaq.

    OPINION: True reason for Islamic State's use of sexual slavery

    David Frankfurter says ancient Islamic traditions do not fully explain atrocious policies.

    2525 days ago
  • FILE: Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks to Iraqi lawmakers before submitting his government for approval in Baghdad on 8 September, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    US cannot rule out larger ground role in Iraq

    US raised the possibility its troops might need to take on a larger role in Iraq’s ground war against ISIS.

    2882 days ago
  • FILE: Francois Hollande called for united international action to tackle the threat from Islamic State militants. Picture: AFP.

    France echoes calls to help fight ISIS

    Francois Hollande called for united international action to tackle the threat from Islamic State militants.

    2884 days ago
  • FILE: Islamic State fighters attacked a riverside town north of Baghdad on Monday with gunboats and a car bomb, killing 17 people and wounding 54. Picture: AFP.

    IS launch gunboat attack on riverside town

    The source said the attack on Dhuluiya was carried out before dawn and continued for two hours.

    2891 days ago
  • A photo taken on 29 September 2011 shows US freelance reporter James Foley (L) on the highway between the airport and the West Gate of Sirte, Libya. Picture: AFP.

    US military failed in rescue attempt for journalist Foley

    The military earlier this summer carried out an attempt to rescue Foley and other hostages held in Syria.

    2909 days ago
  • The Kurdish fighters are aiming to reverse gains by Islamic State insurgents, witnesses and a Kurdish peshmerga commander said on Sunday. Picture: AFP.

    Kurds advance against militants with US air support

    Kurdish fighters are advancing towards the militant-held city of Mosul.

    2913 days ago
  • A Yazidi Iraqi woman sits with her children at the Bajid Kandala camp near the Tigris River, in Kurdistan's western Dohuk province, where they took refuge after fleeing advances by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq on 13 August, 2014.

    Islamic State 'massacres' 80 Yazidis in north Iraq - officials

    Human Rights officials also said the women were of the village were kidnapped as slaves.

    2914 days ago
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