France charged jihadist with genocide crimes against Yezidis This investigation aimed to address suspicions of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed in Iraq and Syria since 2012 against ethnic and religious minorities.

(Kurdistan 24) The French anti-terrorism prosecution announced on Friday that a French jihadist who returned to her country in August 2021 from Syria is being tried on terrorist charges, including crimes of genocide against the Yezidi minority.

Following an interrogation session on Tuesday, the suspect was charged with complicity in committing genocide and crimes against humanity, according to the public prosecution.

Sources familiar with the case revealed that the 35-year-old French woman enslaved a Yezidi child in 2017. However, the accused denies all charges against her.

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