German Prosecutor Charges Syrian With War Crimes Against Yazidis 2025 01 15
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IS Leader Charged in Germany for Campaign Against Yazidis
Above: Iraqi Yazidi women cry as they hold pictures of their victims and missing relatives during a ceremony in Chamishko camp, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, marking the 10th anniversary of the ISIS attack massacre of the Yazidi people. Image copyright: Ismael Adnan/Contributor/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Germany's prosecution sets a strong precedent for the rest of Europe and the West in their fight against terrorism. Counter-terrorism operations require a global effort, one ranging from the battlefield to the courtroom. Hopefully, more arrests and prosecutions will follow this in the future.
Establishment-critical narrative
By ousting Assad, the US ironically revived IS, which it partly created. Now, Western countries, as US allies, collaborate with a nation sanctioning the International Criminal Court, undermining the very war crimes accountability they should uphold and exposing their hypocrisy in international justice.