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ISIS Continue To Commit Genocide Against Yazidis: United Nations
ISIS terrorists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said on Thursday.
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ISIS Has Committed Genocide In Iraq And Syria, Says John Kerry
The ISIS terrorist group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shia Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group.
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John Kerry To Miss Deadline On ISIS Genocide Question
Secretary of State John Kerry will miss this week's congressional deadline for deciding whether atrocities by the ISIS against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria should be designated genocide, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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Bomb-rigged Mass Grave of ISIS Victims Found in Iraq
A bomb-rigged mass grave believed to hold the remains of more than 120 people killed by ISIS has been found in north Iraq, an official said today.
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Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report
The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.
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Yazidis Urge International Criminal Court to Open Probe Into Islamic State Atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks from the Islamic State group -- urged the International Criminal Court today to launch probes into the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
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Islamic State Likely Committing Genocide Against Yazidi Minority in Iraq, Says UN
Islamic State jihadists may have committed genocide in trying to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq, a UN report today.
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Islamic State Onslaught on Yazidis May be Attempted Genocide: UN
The campaign of Islamic State militants against Iraq's Yazidi minority may be attempted genocide, UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights Ivan Simonovic said on Tuesday.
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Vatican Warns of 'New Genocide' by Islamic State
The Vatican has demanded that world governments do more to prevent a possible "new genocide" in northern Iraq and Syria, and for Muslim leaders in particular to repudiate the Islamic State militants who are killing and exiling the region's Christians.
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Iraq Launches Drive to Break Jihadist Siege of Amerli
Iraq launched a major operation on Saturday to liberate a jihadist-besieged town, as US Secretary of State John Kerry called for a global coalition to combat the "genocidal" militants.
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John Kerry Urges Global 'Coalition' to Fight IS Jihadists
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a global coalition to combat the Islamic State jihadist group and their "genocidal agenda".
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John Kerry Calls For 'Coalition of Nations' in Fighting IS
US Secretary of State John Kerry called on Friday for a global coalition of nations to combat Islamic State jihadists' "genocidal agenda" in Syria and Northern Iraq.
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UN Monitors Demand Urgent Action to Stop Yazidi 'Genocide'
UN rights monitors called Tuesday for the global community to take urgent action to avoid a potential genocide against the Yazidi community in Iraq.
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How Barack Obama Decided on Airstrikes in Iraq
President Barack Obama had watched with alarm for most of the summer as an al Qaeda-linked insurgency seized more and more territory in northern Iraq. But it wasn't until Thursday, when Obama learned that genocide could be imminent, that the president decided the US military had to act.
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US Bombs Islamic State After Barack Obama Call to Prevent Iraq 'Genocide'
US warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq's Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent "genocide".
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ISIS Continue To Commit Genocide Against Yazidis: United Nations
ISIS terrorists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said on Thursday.
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ISIS Has Committed Genocide In Iraq And Syria, Says John Kerry
The ISIS terrorist group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shia Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group.
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John Kerry To Miss Deadline On ISIS Genocide Question
Secretary of State John Kerry will miss this week's congressional deadline for deciding whether atrocities by the ISIS against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria should be designated genocide, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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Bomb-rigged Mass Grave of ISIS Victims Found in Iraq
A bomb-rigged mass grave believed to hold the remains of more than 120 people killed by ISIS has been found in north Iraq, an official said today.
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Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report
The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.
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Yazidis Urge International Criminal Court to Open Probe Into Islamic State Atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks from the Islamic State group -- urged the International Criminal Court today to launch probes into the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
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Islamic State Likely Committing Genocide Against Yazidi Minority in Iraq, Says UN
Islamic State jihadists may have committed genocide in trying to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq, a UN report today.
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Islamic State Onslaught on Yazidis May be Attempted Genocide: UN
The campaign of Islamic State militants against Iraq's Yazidi minority may be attempted genocide, UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights Ivan Simonovic said on Tuesday.
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Vatican Warns of 'New Genocide' by Islamic State
The Vatican has demanded that world governments do more to prevent a possible "new genocide" in northern Iraq and Syria, and for Muslim leaders in particular to repudiate the Islamic State militants who are killing and exiling the region's Christians.
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Iraq Launches Drive to Break Jihadist Siege of Amerli
Iraq launched a major operation on Saturday to liberate a jihadist-besieged town, as US Secretary of State John Kerry called for a global coalition to combat the "genocidal" militants.
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John Kerry Urges Global 'Coalition' to Fight IS Jihadists
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a global coalition to combat the Islamic State jihadist group and their "genocidal agenda".
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John Kerry Calls For 'Coalition of Nations' in Fighting IS
US Secretary of State John Kerry called on Friday for a global coalition of nations to combat Islamic State jihadists' "genocidal agenda" in Syria and Northern Iraq.
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UN Monitors Demand Urgent Action to Stop Yazidi 'Genocide'
UN rights monitors called Tuesday for the global community to take urgent action to avoid a potential genocide against the Yazidi community in Iraq.
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How Barack Obama Decided on Airstrikes in Iraq
President Barack Obama had watched with alarm for most of the summer as an al Qaeda-linked insurgency seized more and more territory in northern Iraq. But it wasn't until Thursday, when Obama learned that genocide could be imminent, that the president decided the US military had to act.
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US Bombs Islamic State After Barack Obama Call to Prevent Iraq 'Genocide'
US warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq's Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent "genocide".
