IS Yazidi attacks may be genocide, says UN

A new UN report indicates that Jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) group may have committed genocide and war crimes against the minority Yazidi community in Iraq.

It said IS had "the intent to destroy the Yazidi as a group. 

Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled villages in northern Iraq amid IS advances last summer. 

Many were killed, captured and enslaved.

Yazidis follow an ancient faith that jihadists regard as devilish.

BBC