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Yazidi survivor won't return to Iraq for fear of new 'genocide'

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Farida Abbas Khalaf, one of thousands of Yazidi women abducted, raped and brutalised by Islamic State group fighters, says the jihadists' departure has not made it safe to return to Iraq.

Added on the 23/02/2018 02:00:00 - Copyright : AFP EN

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