Daesh displayed 'genocidal intent' against Izadis: Law experts

Legal experts have found new evidence about the Daesh terrorist group being involved in atrocities and "genocidal intent" against the Izadi community in Iraq.

n a report published in Human Rights Law Review on Thursday, the researchers said there was a "consistent and coordinated pattern" of crimes being committed against the Izadis.

They further underlined the importance of preserving the evidence for the possible future trial of Daesh elements for genocide.

"Genocide is at the apex of international crimes and has been described as the 'crime of crimes'," said Aldo Zammit Borda, the report’s co-author and law lecturer at a British university.

Borda said it was “hugely significant to be able to show that ISIL (Daesh)'s treatment of the Izadis could be characterized as genocide.”

The report was based on the analysis of the data provided by the United Nations agencies, media, aid groups and terrorists.

Iraqi forces advance against Daesh  

On Thursday, the al-Sumaria news website reported that Iraqi volunteer forces had uncovered a Daesh training center in the west of the holy city of Karbala.

The military equipment stored in the center was transferred to a safe place, the report added.

Other reports said 20 Daesh snipers were killed in airstrikes conducted by Iraqi fighter jets on their position in Hawijah district of Kirkuk Province.

Iraqi forces also managed to liberate another neighborhood in western Mosul.

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