Section: Arabs
450 Turkmen Women Kidnapped by ISIS — A Decade of Silence and Unanswered Justice
450 Turkmen Women Kidnapped by ISIS — A Decade of Silence and Unanswered Justice In June 2014, ISIS seized Tal Afar and surrounding Turkmen towns in northwestern Iraq. Within days, an estimated 450 Turkmen women and girl…
3 May 2026
5,000 ISIS Detainees Moved from Syria to Iraq: Justice or a Legal Black Hole?
5,000 ISIS Detainees Moved from Syria to Iraq: Justice or a Legal Black Hole? In early 2026, the United States transferred more than 5,000 ISIS-linked detainees from Syrian prisons to Iraqi custody — including senior lea…
4 April 2026
UNITAD Closes Its Doors: Six Years of Work, Unfinished Business, and an Uncertain Future for Accountability
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 · HUSSEIN MONITOR UNITAD Closes Its Doors: Six Years of Work, Unfinished Business, and an Uncertain Future for Accountability Today, September 17, 2024, the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote…
17 September 2024
Ten Years Since the Fall of Tal Afar: A Community Displaced, Women Still Missing, and Justice Still Waiting
JUNE 15, 2024 · HUSSEIN MONITOR Ten Years Since the Fall of Tal Afar: A Community Displaced, Women Still Missing, and Justice Still Waiting In June 2014, ISIS seized Tal Afar and erased a community in days. Ten years lat…
14 June 2024
68 Mass Graves, 10 Years, and Still No Justice: Iraq's Unfinished Reckoning with ISIS
68 Mass Graves, 10 Years, and Still No Justice: Iraq's Unfinished Reckoning with ISIS Between 2018 and 2024, UNITAD and Iraqi authorities jointly excavated 68 mass grave sites across Iraq. Each site tells a story of syst…
1 June 2024
Europe Can Prosecute ISIS — And It Should: The Case for Universal Jurisdiction
Europe Can Prosecute ISIS — And It Should: The Case for Universal Jurisdiction While Iraq's judiciary struggles with the scale and complexity of ISIS crimes, European courts have a legal tool that could change the equati…
31 May 2024
Kirkuk After the Agreement: Has the Conflict Really Ended?
Kirkuk After the Agreement: Has the Conflict Really Ended? By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com Kirkuk has been called "an ethnic powder keg waiting to explode." I…
5 November 2023