Mount Sinjar rises from the arid plains of northwestern Iraq like a grassy sentinel — ancient, scarred, and unyielding. Today ...

President Masoud Barzani marks the Sinjar anniversary by calling the genocide an extension of catastrophes against Kurds. He ...

Iraqi universities and the Ministry of Higher Education held a moment of silence on Sunday to mark the National Day for the ...

A consortium of Iraqi and international NGOs said on Sunday that while progress has been made in the aftermath of the ...

In August 2014, fighters of the so-called Islamic State (IS) attacked Yazidi villages and towns in northern Iraq. Civilians ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s foreign ministry on Sunday called for increased international cooperation to rescue Yazidis ...

World Yazidis seek rescue of women and children enslaved, married off to ISIS By Hollie McKay , Fox News Published May 10, 2018 5:45pm EDT | Updated May 11, 2018 12:39pm EDT ...

"It is really important to come together as a community. To have a voice, to never forget, to keep advocating for our people." ...

Although Yazidis are Iraqi citizens, the Iraqi government in Baghdad has never participated in their rescue, claiming it has neither the funds nor the ability. Until about two years ago, Mr. Shrim ...

Yazidis are represented in the Armenian parliament. Canada has also helped, offering itself as a haven for Yazidi women and girls since 2017. At least 1,200 have been resettled as of June 2019.

Thousands of Yazidis who were in displacement camps in northern Iraq's Kurdistan Region have returned to Sinjar. "It's a beautiful feeling to be home," says a Yazidi woman who recently arrived.

The Yazidis began "using Islamic words and concepts to refer to their ancient beliefs," Kreyenbroek said. They also practice rites like baptism in water, which may or may not be drawn from ...