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Niger: three days of mourning after mosque attack kills 44
Authorities have blamed the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate. The...
Russian mercenaries in Mali accused of attacking civilians
Conflict monitors say Wagner fighters have intensified combat and widened their operation areas since 2023. An undated photograph...
Syria Genocide Emergency March 2025
Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish militia that defeated ISIS in northeast Syria, 2017 Credit...Ivor Prickett for The New York Times...
70 Christians murdered by ISIS affiliate in Eastern DRC
70 Christians murdered in DRC Open Doors International 24 February 2025 Village in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit:...
The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia
The Islamic State has regrouped in Puntland, Somalia — and has global ambitions The Washington Post February 11, 2025 By Katharine...
Jihadists intensify attacks in West African Sahel
Sahel sliding Into darkness: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State intensify attacks TruthNigeria January 23, 2025 By Mike Odeh James and Luka...
Will Syria's Kurds, Yezidis, and Christians survive? Webinar 19 December 2024
Syria’s Minorities in Crisis: Will Christians, Yezidis and Kurds Survive? Thursday, December 19, 20244:30-5:45 pm ET The sudden regime...
Iran backed Kildani fires Christian mayors & Nineveh Council
10 Years After ISIS Genocide, Christians Are Under Threat Woodrow Wilson Center August 19, 2024 By Nadine Maenza While Christians mark...
Yazidi Genocide: Ten Years On
Yazidi Genocide: 10 Years On, The Suffering Of The Community Continues Forbes Aug 3, 2024 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a...
ISIS Threat on the Rise in Syria and Iraq
Attacks claimed by ISIS in Iraq and Syria are on track to double last year’s total, the U.S. military said in a report, as the terrorist...
Yazidi survivors alarmed by move to close camps
Forced to flee by Islamic State (formerly Isis), Joni Shebo Ali Aamer, in Shariya camp, holds a photograph of her ruined home in Sinjar....
Couple Arrested for Genocide of Yazidi Girls
Yazidi survivors of ISIS captivity hold a candle-lighting ceremony for the Yazidi New Year. Photograph by Andrea DiCenzo BERLIN, April 10...
USCIRF calls for US to help ISIS genocide victims in Iraq
Iraqi Yazidis and Christians were driven out of their homes by ISIS in 2014. Ten years later, they can't return. March 18, 2024 USCIRF...
Yazidis are owed justice
Why We’re Helping Yazidi Americans Get Justice New York Times Dec. 17, 2023 By Amal Clooney and Lee Wolosky Nadia Murad with her brother...
Genocide Scholars: 7 Saddam and ISIS Kurdish Genocides
Barzani cemetery, Kurdistan, Iraq. April 2023. credit: TedStantonPhoto.com The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), has...
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