The body had been set up to investigate crimes committed by the Islamic State group during its violent rampage through Syria and Iraq
![Iraq desert [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/6B72AEDA-73C6-4056-B0AB-C34DB3E18045.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=FO85eoZ1 "Iraq desert [Getty]")
![US-backed Kurdish forces celebrate Raqqa recapture [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/5FA30080-A29B-4003-A4C1-E8102D742D3F.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=Z8l0sGsP "US-backed Kurdish forces celebrate Raqqa recapture [Getty]")
![SDF Raqqa [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/D2FBB904-BD46-4048-A1A0-9E96E8B1824A.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=f9kol0cz "SDF Raqqa [AFP]")