German woman faces crimes against humanity charges after joining IS as a teen A German woman who went to Syria to join the extremist IS group as a 15-year-old is in the dock in the eastern city of Halle. She and her jihadi husband are suspected of having enslaved a Yazidi woman.

January 25, 2022   

(Deutsche Welle) A German woman accused of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity while a member of the extremist “Islamic State” (IS) group in Syria went on trial behind closed doors in the eastern city of Halle on Tuesday.

Leonora M., who went to Syria to join the group as a 15-year-old, also faces charges of being a member of a terrorist organization and having committed violations of weapons laws.

Prosecutors say M., now 22, was involved in human trafficking in Syria after her IS husband “bought” and then “sold” a 33-year-old Yazidi woman. The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking group originally from northern Iraq who were particularly targeted in IS atrocities.

The trial is scheduled to last until at least mid-May.

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