Sweden charges woman with war crimes for allegedly torturing Yazidi women, children in Syria

FILE - Displaced members of the Yazidi community line up for humanitarian aid at Nowruz camp, in Derike, Syria, Aug. 12, 2014.

Swedish authorities on Thursday charged a 52-year-old woman associated with the Islamic State group with genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria — in the first such case of a person to be tried in the Scandinavian country.