Yazidis

Why using the word genocide matters

Terry Glavin on Ottawa’s sad dance around ISIS’s genocidal acts, and the House’s disappointing debate

Did the Liberals have to wait to call ISIS genocidal?

The author of a new book on ‘genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ says the terms aren’t just technical legalese

If ISIS is perpetrating genocide, is Canada morally obligated to fight?

A new report says Islamic State committed genocide, and argues that countries like Canada must therefore hold them accountable

In the war on ISIS: Friends, foes and in between

America’s allies in the fight against ISIS are now battling each other. Some say that’s ‘two steps forward, one step back.’

Islamic State and the changing rights of Yazidi women

Rachel Browne on the future faced by Yazidi women recently released from Islamic State captivity

How the Middle East is losing its religions

Thousands of years of history are unravelling as minority faiths flee religious persecution

Inside Canada’s new war

Michael Petrou reports from the frontlines of the fight against Islamic State