UN releases new video presenting evidence of ISIS genocide against Yezidis in Iraq
– The United Nations’ body investigating crimes of ISIS in Iraq and Syria released a video on Thursday that outlines a wide range of evidence that it says amounts to genocide against the Yezidi (Ezidi) religious minority beginning in 2014 in the disputed north Iraqi district of Sinjar (Shingal).
The new 21-minute video came after Karim Khan, head of UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD), told the UN Security Council that his team had collected “clear and compelling evidence” that ISIS extremists committed genocide against the Yezidi community.
