Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her boys at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. But there’s a big difference — her father and husband worked and fought with the Islamic State jihadist group. “Men go off and do what they want, they never listen to us,” said the young … Read more
Islamic State group jihadists waged fierce battles Tuesday in their Syrian stronghold Raqa in a bid to repel US-backed fighters advancing towards the walls of the Old City. The Kurdish and Arab fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered Raqa a week ago, after months of fighting to encircle the northern city that has … Read more
Iraqis should not carry out hurried or ad hoc exhumations of mass graves left by jihadists, as this makes identifying victims more difficult, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Dozens of mass graves have been discovered in areas retaken from the Islamic State jihadist group, whose rule in Iraq and Syria has been marked by widespread … Read more
Bahrain’s justice ministry said Monday it filed a lawsuit to dissolve a secular opposition party, the state-run news agency said, months after the country’s main Shiite opposition party was banned. The justice ministry “has filed a lawsuit requesting the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Waed), in light of Waed’s serious violations of the … Read more
Women have revealed the horrors they endured at the hands of ISIS sex slaves – despite being Sunni Muslims just like their captors. Abuses against Yazidi women have been well documented under the terror group’s brutal rein in parts of Iraq and Syria. But according to Human Rights Watch there is now evidence that Sunni … Read more
Fighters from the Islamic State group, whose abuses against Yazidi women have been well documented, are raping and torturing Sunni Arab women too, Human Rights Watch said Monday. The watchdog documented cases of arbitrary detentions, beatings, forced marriages and rape by the jihadists on women who have fled the town of Hawijah, which is still … Read more