Iraq-based minority, exiled from their ancestral heartland, still reeling from the slaughter and enslavement of thousands by Islamic State terrorists

Sayyaf Sharif Daoud requests prime minister intervenes to allow him to come back to Israel, noting that Jerusalem works to secure release of IDF soldiers held in captivity

Assessment given to Security Council says leaders of jihadist group consolidating power, setting up local sleeper cells for 'eventual' comeback

High-profile hearings, like those in Nuremberg after World War II, would ensure the jihadists' ideology 'debunked' and their victims heard, says leader of probe into IS crimes

Extremists in Syrian refugee camps demand to be repatriated, but authorities say they would pose a security risk

Egypt's minister of civil aviation meets with Britain's ambassador, who apologizes for not informing Egyptian authorities before applying week-long flight suspension

President appears unfamiliar with work of rape, persecution survivor in exchange at Oval Office this week

Those who survived captivity at hands of jihadists are accepted back into the community, but their children, born of IS fighters from forced marriages, are not

Move comes after vestiges of Islamic State carried out attacks in remote province despite terror group's defeat

Facing increasing pressure from both Tehran and Washington, Adel Abdul-Mahdi risks coming off as weak if he fails to rein in Popular Mobilization Forces