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

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Accused French nationals and other alleged Islamic State members are facing trial in Iraq over atrocities committed during the group’s rule in Syria and Iraq. The cases revisit crimes committed against civilians before IS’s military defeat.

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.