French jihadist presumed dead to be tried for Yazidi 'genocide'

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A French jihadist, presumed dead, is to be tried in absentia in France on charges of genocide for crimes committed against the Yazidi minority by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. This marks the first such trial in France related to IS crimes against the Yazidis.

A French jihadist presumed dead is to be tried in absentia Monday accused of "genocide" in the first such trial in France over Islamic State group crimes against the Yazidi minority in the Middle East. IS seized large swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014, declaring a so-called "caliphate" there.

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