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Yazidi Woman Taken As ISIS Slave At Age 11 Rescued After 10 Years
A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by ISIS terrorists at age 11 and then held by Hamas for a decade has been rescued by Israeli forces in Gaza after a months-long operation led by the US, officials said.
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ISIS Head Killed By US Nicknamed 'Professor', Was "Brutal Policymaker"
The head of Islamic State group, whom the US declared dead in a special-forces raid Thursday, was nicknamed the "Destroyer" and presided over massacres of Yazidis before assuming the leadership.
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German Woman Who Joined ISIS Gets 10-Year Jail Term For "Slave" Girl's Murder
A Munich court on Monday sentenced a German woman who joined the Islamic State group to 10 years in prison over the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
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German Woman Who Joined ISIS Faces Trial Over "Slave" Girl's Murder
A Munich court will decide on Monday whether a German woman believed to have joined the Islamic State jihadist group is guilty of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
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"They Gave You Nobel For What?" Trump Asks Yazidi Activist Nadia Murad
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared unfamiliar with the work and cause of Nobel laureate Nadia Murad as she pleaded with him to help the Yazidis of Iraq.
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The Kidnapped Yazidi Children Who Don't Want To Be Rescued From ISIS
Accounts of the wrenching scene, given by both Rasho and the girls, point to a new challenge confronting members of the Yazidi community as they try to trace nearly 3,000 Yazidis who remain unaccounted for after the territorial defeat of the terrorists.
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ISIS Woman Allegedly Let "Slave" Girl Die Of Thirst In Sun, Goes On Trial
A German woman who joined the ISIS goes on trial Tuesday accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old "slave" girl die of thirst.
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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Shines Light On Rape Used As Weapon Of War
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, an ISISsex slave survivor, will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize today, as they challenge the world to combat rape as a weapon of war.
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Nadia Murad: From ISIS Slave To Nobel Laureate
Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Physician Mukwege, Yazidi Rape Victim Murad
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world.
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'Somebody Had To Tell These Stories': An Iraqi Woman's Ordeal As An ISIS Sex Slave
Islamic State militants have lost the last of their strongholds, but for Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad, a new battle is just beginning.
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'Hoped We Would Be Killed, Not Raped': ISIS Slave, Now Free, Returns Home
Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by ISIS three years ago.
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Iraq Forces Free 11-Year-Old Yazidi Girl In Mosul
Iraqi forces in Mosul have freed an 11-year-old Yazidi girl who was kidnapped and sold as a slave by the ISIS group in 2014, the federal police said Friday.
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Yazidi 'Superhero' Wins Award For Helping Survivors Of ISIS Atrocities
A young Yazidi father-of-four who risked his life to help survivors of ISIS atrocities in northern Iraq has won a prestigious award for his humanitarian work.
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Iraq Must Ask For UN Inquiry Against ISIS Yazidi Crimes, Says Amal Clooney
International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and a young Yazidi woman who was enslaved and raped by ISIS pushed Iraq on Thursday to allow a United Nations investigation into crimes by the terror group.
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Yazidi Woman Taken As ISIS Slave At Age 11 Rescued After 10 Years
A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by ISIS terrorists at age 11 and then held by Hamas for a decade has been rescued by Israeli forces in Gaza after a months-long operation led by the US, officials said.
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ISIS Head Killed By US Nicknamed 'Professor', Was "Brutal Policymaker"
The head of Islamic State group, whom the US declared dead in a special-forces raid Thursday, was nicknamed the "Destroyer" and presided over massacres of Yazidis before assuming the leadership.
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German Woman Who Joined ISIS Gets 10-Year Jail Term For "Slave" Girl's Murder
A Munich court on Monday sentenced a German woman who joined the Islamic State group to 10 years in prison over the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
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German Woman Who Joined ISIS Faces Trial Over "Slave" Girl's Murder
A Munich court will decide on Monday whether a German woman believed to have joined the Islamic State jihadist group is guilty of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
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"They Gave You Nobel For What?" Trump Asks Yazidi Activist Nadia Murad
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared unfamiliar with the work and cause of Nobel laureate Nadia Murad as she pleaded with him to help the Yazidis of Iraq.
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The Kidnapped Yazidi Children Who Don't Want To Be Rescued From ISIS
Accounts of the wrenching scene, given by both Rasho and the girls, point to a new challenge confronting members of the Yazidi community as they try to trace nearly 3,000 Yazidis who remain unaccounted for after the territorial defeat of the terrorists.
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ISIS Woman Allegedly Let "Slave" Girl Die Of Thirst In Sun, Goes On Trial
A German woman who joined the ISIS goes on trial Tuesday accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old "slave" girl die of thirst.
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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Shines Light On Rape Used As Weapon Of War
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, an ISISsex slave survivor, will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize today, as they challenge the world to combat rape as a weapon of war.
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Nadia Murad: From ISIS Slave To Nobel Laureate
Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Physician Mukwege, Yazidi Rape Victim Murad
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world.
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'Somebody Had To Tell These Stories': An Iraqi Woman's Ordeal As An ISIS Sex Slave
Islamic State militants have lost the last of their strongholds, but for Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad, a new battle is just beginning.
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'Hoped We Would Be Killed, Not Raped': ISIS Slave, Now Free, Returns Home
Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by ISIS three years ago.
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Iraq Forces Free 11-Year-Old Yazidi Girl In Mosul
Iraqi forces in Mosul have freed an 11-year-old Yazidi girl who was kidnapped and sold as a slave by the ISIS group in 2014, the federal police said Friday.
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Yazidi 'Superhero' Wins Award For Helping Survivors Of ISIS Atrocities
A young Yazidi father-of-four who risked his life to help survivors of ISIS atrocities in northern Iraq has won a prestigious award for his humanitarian work.
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Iraq Must Ask For UN Inquiry Against ISIS Yazidi Crimes, Says Amal Clooney
International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and a young Yazidi woman who was enslaved and raped by ISIS pushed Iraq on Thursday to allow a United Nations investigation into crimes by the terror group.
