UN: Islamic State Liable for 'Massive' War Crimes

U.N. investigators say Islamic State militants' extreme use of violence against civilians and captured soldiers in northeast Syria amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity. A report from the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria, titled “Rule of Terror: Living under ISIS in Syria,” describes in shocking detail the use of terror by Islamic State militants to subjugate Syrians living in its areas of control. The report is based on more than 300 interviews with victims and...

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