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The German Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of a woman, Omaima A., for membership of a terrorist organisation.
The children of alleged Islamic State members were handed back to their mothers from Iraq's Yazidi minority.
Turkey rescues 7-year-old Yazidi girl in IS raid
A young Yazidi girl has been rescued by Turkish police in Ankara and two Islamic State members have been arrested.
German woman charged over crimes against humanity in Syria
A German woman was charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed while she was a member of the Islamic State group in Syria.
German widow of IS rapper jailed on terror conviction
Hamburg-born Omaima A. was also found guilty of failing to take care of her children, weapons violations and involvement in the enslavement of a ...
Mental health crisis plaguing Yazidi child survivors of IS
Thousands of Yazidi children are facing an unprecedented mental and physical health crisis, including post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression, years after their release from IS captivity
Investigators build genocide case against IS Yazidi crimes
Investigators at the CIJA have launched an investigation into IS treatment of Yazidi women in Iraq.
Yazidi girl returns home to Iraq after IS captivity
A Yazidi girl abducted by the Islamic State group returned to Iraq to be reunited with her family after the coronavirus ...
Widow of German jihadist rapper goes on trial
The woman, named as 35-year-old Omaima M., faces a slew of charges including membership of a foreign terror group, human trafficking and crimes ...
German court tries IS jihadist over Yazidi genocide
Identified only as Taha al-J., the 37-year-old Iraqi man is also accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes and human trafficking in the ...
Germany indicts Iraqi man over death of Yazidi girl
Prominent London-based human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is part of the team representing the dead Yazidi girl's mother, who is a ...
Head of UN investigators calls for an IS 'Nuremberg'
The UN probe into Islamic State crimes has called for an extensive investigation into their 'caliphate'.
German IS woman accused of letting 'slave girl' die
The case against Jennifer Wenisch, 27, is believed to be the first anywhere in the world for international crimes committed by IS militants ...
The Iraq Report: Iran sidesteps US sanctions via Iraq
This week's round-up of under-reported news from Iraq focuses on Iran's influence, water shortages and the ferry disaster in Mosul.
Book Club: Dunya Mikhail shares the distressing stories of women in Iraq who escaped the clutches of the Islamic State group.
Systematic sexual abuse perpetrated in Syria
In-depth: The Assad regime uses rape of women and men, girls and boys, as a weapon of war, but opposition groups are also guilty of abuses, reports Umar Lateef Misgar.
Meeting pioneering war-crimes prosecutor Payam Akhavan
Q&A: The international legal expert talks to Hadani Ditmars about how paying hypocritical lip-service to human rights leads to a rise in ...
German runaway girl in Iraq wants to 'go home'
A German teenager who joined IS is now being held in detention in Iraq and says she regrets joining the jihadist group and wants to come home to ...
Mosul's children and the lasting scars of conflict
Having endured violence, abuse and indoctrination, the children of Mosul are still at great risk, despite the battle for Mosul drawing to a ...
Iraqi forces free Yazidi girl kidnapped by IS
The 11-year-old girl had been captured by IS in the village of Kosho in the Sinjar region, along with her mother and sisters.
Film of abducted Yazidi girl wins Dubai award
An Iraqi Kurdish film about a Yazidi girl taken hostage by the Islamic State group in Iraq has won best feature at the Dubai ...
Poignant video of fleeing Mosul girl removing IS-enforced niqab
A powerful video has emerged depicting a young, emotionally exhausted girl arriving at Peshmerga positions outside Mosul and hastily ...
Syria's other battle: Women fighting militarised machismo
Kurdish women in northern Syria are fighting both the fundamentalist tyranny of the Islamic State group and the violent authoritarianism of ...
Iraqi forces free Yazidi women held by IS
Iraqi forces have freed a group of Yazidi women held hostage by the Islamic State group in Mosul in a covert security operation, the ...
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