The Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from the German coalition, with a joint initiative with the opposition Union parties, are preparing to accept the crimes committed by ISIS (Islamic State) against Yazidis as genocide in the German federal assembly (Bundestag,) says a report by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) newspaper.

The parliamentary groups of these parties will present a joint proposal to the Bundestag in this direction next week, FAZ said.

The draft law said: "The German Bundestag bows to the victims of the crimes of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. Yazidis, Christians and members of other religious and ethnic minorities and Muslims who resisted IS were victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity."

The massacres against the Yazidis

The Yazidis have been victims of at least 73 waves of persecution since the twelfth century. Most recently, on 3 August 2014, the Islamic State invaded Shengal with the intention of wiping out the Yazidi culture. Tens of thousands of Yazidis had no choice but to flee into the mountains. But not everyone made it. The jihadists committed mass murders of men, kidnapped women and children in order to rape, enslave or recruit them as child soldiers. According to more recent estimates, more than 10,000 people fell victim to these massacres. More than 400,000 people were driven from their homes. Over 7,000 women and children were abducted, and around 2,700 of them are still missing today.