Years on from fall of IS, French jihadists face justice in Iraq

Source: Al-Monitor

A decade ago, the Islamic State group broadcast its crimes as it recruited radicals from around the world and imposed a brutal system of oppression across swathes of Syria and Iraq. Years on from the group's military defeat, accused members are again in the spotlight -- this time on trial in Iraq, including French nationals, for atrocities committed against the people trapped in the so-called caliphate.

This is a summary provided by Al-Monitor. Read the complete story on the publisher’s website.

Continue reading at Al-Monitor ↗

Cookie settings

Choose which cookies we may use. You can change this at any time from Cookie settings in the footer. Details of each cookie are in the Cookie Policy.

Strictly necessary

Needed for sign-in, security, payments and remembering these choices. Always on.

Preferences

Remember settings such as dark mode.

Analytics

Help us understand visits and countries – anonymous and aggregated.

Marketing

Used to measure and personalise adverts and social media content.