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Dutch woman jailed for keeping Yazidi slave in Syria

A Dutch court has sentenced a woman to ten years in prison for joining the so-called Islamic State in Syria and keeping a Yazidi woman as slave.
World • 11 Dec 24

German IS woman accused of war crime

A German woman who joined the Islamic State jihadist group has gone on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
World • 09 Apr 19

Islamic State frees more than 200 Yazidis

The self-styled Islamic State group has freed more than 200 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority it held captive for months, according to a commander in the Kurdish peshmerga security forces.
News • 08 Apr 15

IS releases 350 Yazidi captives in Iraq

The Islamic State group has freed around 350 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority, delivering them to safety in the country's Kurdish north.
News • 18 Jan 15

Kurds 'break' siege of Mount Sinjar

Iraqi Kurds have said they have broken a siege on a mountain where Yazidi civilians and fighters have been trapped since August.
News • 19 Dec 14

Major operation under way in Iraq to break seige

Iraqi security forces, Shia militiamen and Kurdish fighters have launched a major operation to attempt to break a more than two-month long jihadist siege of a Shia Turkmen-majority town, officials said.
News • 30 Aug 14

US bombs Islamic State artillery in Iraq

The US military has conducted two additional air strikes in Iraq on Islamic State targets, according to the Pentagon.
News • 08 Aug 14

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