Fears ISIS could commit “genocide” in Fallujah as Iraqi government’s Anbar operation begins
The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) has warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) plans to commit “genocide” against civilians and government troops in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, as the Iraqi government’s operation to liberate the city and other regions of the Anbar province from the extremist group […]Hamza Mustafa writes for Asharq Al-Awsat:
The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) has warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) plans to commit “genocide” against civilians and government troops in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, as the Iraqi government’s operation to liberate the city and other regions of the Anbar province from the extremist group begins.
In a statement on Tuesday the IHCHR said it had evidence that ISIS, which has controlled Fallujah since January 2014, was “planning to take specific measures to commit systematic genocide of all civilians who do not abide by their orders—and do the same for security forces.”
