PARIS: A French militant went on trial on Monday in Paris on charges of genocide, the first case in France to tackle atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority during the years-long conflict waged by the Daesh militant group in the Middle East. Sabri Essid is presumed to have been killed in 2018, but without proof of his death he is being tried in absentia in Paris on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and complicity in these crimes, committed between 2014 and 2016.

Sabri Essid is being tried in absentia, charged with 'genocide,' a first in France. Two women from the Iraqi minority will testify, recounting how they were enslaved.

PARIS: A French militant went on trial on Monday in Paris on charges of genocide, the first case in France to tackle atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority during the…

The Paris criminal court heard the harrowing reality of the enslavement of a people in the name of religion. Rarely has a terrorism trial gone so far in exposing the atrocities…

On Wednesday, the French jihadist's ex-wife told the court about the man he had been before he turned to jihad. In France, she was the first woman to suffer his violence and…