Sonia M., 34, is an ex-wife of top ISIS official Abdelnasser Benyoucef. She was charged on March 14 by a Paris judge for “genocide” and “crimes against humanity,” Le Parisien said.
The Yazidi woman was 16 when she was enslaved by Benyoucef. She accused Sonia M. of rape and said she had knowledge that her husband was raping her. On her time in Syria, the Yazidi woman also said she was not allowed to eat, drink, or shower without informing Sonia M.
ISIS swept through vast swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014 and declared a so-called “caliphate” in a brazen offensive that saw the group take control of around a third of Syria’s territory as well as several Iraqi cities, including the northern city of Mosul.
ISIS was declared territorially defeated in 2017 and 2019. During the jihadists’ brutal reign, they committed heinous atrocities, such as genocide, sexual slavery, and massacres against Yazidis, Christians and Shiite Muslims.
More than 6,000 Yazidis were abducted when ISIS overran the community’s heartland of Shingal (Sinjar) in 2014. Around 2,700 remain missing. Earlier in April, Germany detained an Iraqi couple suspected of being members of ISIS.
During a special session held on 17 April 2024, the National Assembly of Armenia unanimously voted on a draft resolution to designate August 3rd every year as a day to commemorate and honour the victims of the Yazidi genocide.
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