Yazidis
From forced conversion to genocide: How Yazidis carry centuries of persecution into exile
MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: The Islamic interpretation of the Yazidi faith is what members of ISIS used to justify the enslavement of over 6,000 women and children and the murder of more than 5,000 people.
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Where are the missing Yazidis? Thousands still held captive after ISIS attacks
Social media campaign aims for awareness on 4th anniversary of Yazidi genocide
Activists on social media hope to raise awareness for thousands of missing people kidnapped by ISIS in 2014, hold events around the world and online
From Iraq to Israel to learn medical clowning
"The impact of war on children is devastating and its effects can last for decades after hostilities have ceased.”
Yazidis who saw genocide still insecure in Iraq's Sinjar region
For Yazidis, stability appears far off.
Netanyahu, please help the Yazidi people
Over 3,000 Yazidi women and girls remain enslaved throughout the Middle East.
Kurds attacked in Greek camp, accused of not fasting on Ramadan
The Moria camp on Lesbos has been the center of brawls before between refugees who are stuffed into a facility of 7,000 inhabitants that has been operating at 300% of capacity for months.
Yazidis in Sinjar will suffer losses in Iraqi elections
The aftershocks of the war against ISIS can still be felt in Sinjar.
Yazidis' fate still hangs in the balance
A peaceful and non-aggressive people living in northern Iraq, Syria, Turkey and parts of Armenia and Georgia, they have quietly followed their faith for millennia. They have never harmed anyone.
After pivotal role saving Yazidis from ISIS, PKK leaves Sinjar
With the PKK gone, it is unclear what comes next. Threats of a Turkish campaign may be reduced, but the presence of Shi’ite militias and the uncertainty looming over the Yazidis does not bode well.
Yazidis who once fled ISIS now flee Turkish offensive
“Many Yazidis are hesitant to leave Afrin because they think they won’t ever be able to return.”
Jilan’s story – a Yazidi girl who chose to take her life
Jilan had been taken to Ba’aj where an ISIS leader took her as his sex slave.
