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A United Nations team investigating atrocities in Iraq found “clear and compelling evidence” that ISIL (ISIS) “committed” genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014, its head has said, adding that the armed group successfully developed chemical weapons and used mustard gas.
In a report to the UN Security Council on Monday, Karim Khan said the team had also concluded that ISIL committed war crimes against predominantly Shia unarmed cadets and personnel from the Tikrit Air Academy who were captured, tortured and subjected to mass killings in June 2014.
He said an ISIL video released in July 2015 showing the killings “constitutes a direct and public incitement to commit genocide against Shia Muslims”.
ISIL genocide against Yazidis: UN investigation ISIL / ISIS News
A United Nations group investigating the atrocities in Iraq has found “clear and credible evidence” that ISIL (ISIS) “committed” genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014, saying the armed group had successfully developed chemical weapons and used mustard gas. du.
In a report to the UN Security Council on Monday, Karim Khan said the group also concluded that ISIL had committed war crimes mainly against unarmed Shiite cadets and Tikrit Air Academy staff, who were captured, tortured and massacred in June 2014.
According to him, an ISIL video released in July 2015 showed the killings as “a direct and public impetus for the genocide against Shiite Muslims.”
Daesh crimes against Yazidis constitute genocide, UN investigation team finds May 11, 2021
A young boy in Iraq stands next to a car that was torched by Daesh in this courtesy file photo.
NEW YORK A UN team investigating the atrocities of Daesh also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in Iraq has established “clear and convincing evidence” of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority, the Security Council heard on Monday.
In his final briefing to ambassadors, Karim Khan, special adviser and head of the team, known as UNITAD, reported that investigators have reached a “landmark moment” in their work.
Edith M. Lederer
FILE - In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014, file photo, a motorist passes by a flag of the Islamic State group in central Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, nearly six weeks since a Sunni militant blitz led by the Islamic State extremist group seized large swaths of northern and western Iraq. The head of a United Nations team investigating atrocities in Iraq says it has found âclear and compelling evidenceâ that Islamic State extremists committed genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014. (AP Photo/File) May 10, 2021 - 8:38 PM
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The head of a U.N. team investigating atrocities in Iraq announced Monday it has found âclear and compelling evidenceâ that Islamic State extremists committed genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014 and said the militant group successfully developed chemical weapons and used mustard gas.