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Genocide of the Yazidis - Photo: in Iraq, Yazidi women hold up placards commemorating the invasion of their region by the Islamic State (EI) group in 2014.
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Yazidi genocide trial to take place in France

Two men and a woman, all French nationals and members of the Islamic State group, are for the first time being brought before a French court for genocide. The three are accused of taking part in the extermination of Yazidis and enslaving several women and children from this Kurdish-speaking community in Syria and Iraq.
By Chloé Dubois
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