Yazidis, led by Nobel winner, sue French cement maker over ISIS support

FILE PHOTO: Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient Nadia Murad speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Yazidi-Americans, led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, filed a lawsuit against French cement maker Lafarge on Thursday, accusing it of conspiring to provide material support to a campaign of violence by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Represented by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and former veteran U.S. diplomat Lee Wolosky, the Yazidis - who are all U.S. citizens - and their families are survivors of Islamic State violence that started when the Islamist militants targeted the Yazidi homeland of Sinjar in northern Iraq in 2014.