Section: Displacement
Iraq's New Government and the Turkmen Question: A Community of Millions With No Seat at the Table
JUNE 1, 2026 · HUSSEIN MONITOR Iraq's New Government and the Turkmen Question: A Community of Millions With No Seat at the Table Iraq's Turkmen community — the country's third largest ethnic group, with a population esti…
1 June 2026
Camp Speicher: 1,700 Killed in One Day — Iraq's Largest Single ISIS Massacre and the Unfinished Reckoning
Camp Speicher: 1,700 Killed in One Day — Iraq's Largest Single ISIS Massacre and the Unfinished Reckoning On June 12, 2014 — two days after ISIS seized Mosul — the group executed between 1,500 and 1,700 Iraqi Air Force c…
31 May 2026
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
Iraq's Yazidi Survivors Law: A Landmark Step That Left the Turkmen Behind
Iraq's Yazidi Survivors Law: A Landmark Step That Left the Turkmen Behind In 2021, Iraq passed a groundbreaking law recognizing Yazidi survivors of ISIS as victims of genocide and providing reparations. It was celebrated…
5 April 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
Sinjar: Ten Years After the Genocide — What Has Changed?
Sinjar: Ten Years After the Genocide — What Has Changed? By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com On August 3, 2014, ISIS launched a coordinated attack on Sinjar. With…
3 October 2023
Iraq's IDP Camps: Open Prisons for a Million People
Iraq's IDP Camps: Open Prisons for a Million People By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com Nearly a decade after ISIS swept through northern Iraq, approximately 1.2 …
12 February 2023
The Shabak and Mandaeans: Iraq's Forgotten Minorities
The Shabak and Mandaeans: Iraq's Forgotten Minorities By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com When the world talks about Iraq's minorities, it usually means Christian…
20 October 2022
Tal Afar After Liberation: A City Without a Future?
Tal Afar After Liberation: A City Without a Future? By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com When Iraqi forces declared Tal Afar fully liberated from ISIS on September…
14 July 2022