Yazidis

Fourteen years after genocide, Yazidis may see stability in Iraq - analysis

The Yazidi region was largely abandoned by Iraq. The Yazidis remained, but they were divided.

A view shows the conical temple roofs, courtyards and pilgrims at the Lalish sanctuary during the Jama'i festival in Lalish, Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on October 10, 2026; Illustrative.
An abandoned improvised mortar system is seen on the side of a road in Sinjar, Iraq, with a Kurdish flag flying in the background, January 26, 2016

Yazidi fighters disarm in Iraq's Sinjar after a decade of division - what comes next? - analysis

A Yazidi woman holds a flame during the Charshama Sor Red New Year ceremony at the Lalish temple in Iraq in April. For a community repeatedly driven from its ancestral homes and subjected to forced conversions, religious tradition has become an enduring expression of survival and continuity.

From forced conversion to genocide: How Yazidis carry centuries of persecution into exile

 An ISIS terrorist carries an Islamic State flag in Syria; Illustrative.

Thousands of ISIS-linked women, children still held in Syria’s camps amid escape efforts - analysis


Yazidi genocide survivor will use Nobel money to build hospital

400,000 Yazidis remain without basic services and are unable to return to homes four years after genocide.

Nadia Murad before she visited Yad Vashem.

December 3, 2018: Yazidi genocide

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Terra Incognita: Israel and the Yazidis

Shortsighted politics prevent genocide recognition

A Yazidi man stands next to a mass grave discovered in November 2015 after Kurdish forces liberated Sinjar from Islamic State

MK Svetlova in 'Post': Failing to recognize Yazidi genocide is like world ignoring Holocaust

Now try to answer this question: Should Israel, the state that rose from the ashes of Holocaust recognize and acknowledge a genocide when it happens to other people?

DESTROYED BUILDINGS in the city of Sinjar. There has been no reconstruction of Yazidi communities.

ANALYSIS: Nobel Peace Prize shines light on foible amid plaudits

West hands out awards, but does little to actually alleviate the plight of those it highlights.

Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad speaks to members of the UN Security Council

Nadia Murad’s Nobel Prize and the legacy of ISIS crimes

“Many Yazidis will look upon this prize and think of family members that were lost, are still unaccounted for and of the fate of 1,300 women and children, which remain in captivity.”

Nadia Murad Basee Taha adresses the European Parliament during an award ceremony for the 2016 Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, December 13, 2016

Former Yazidi sex slave wins Nobel Prize for fight to end sexual war crimes

Nadia Murad is a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by the Islamic State in Iraq.

Nadia Murad Basee Taha adresses the European Parliament during an award ceremony for the 2016 Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, December 13, 2016

British anti-ISIS fighter sentenced in Turkey for “terrorism”

UK citizens protested in London in solidarity with former soldier that joined Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State.

Destroyed buildings are seen in the city of Sinjar, Iraq November 24, 2017. Picture taken November 24, 2017

Yazidi genocide survivors say ISIS supporters returning to northern Iraq

Locals say Baghdad is not ensuring the protection of survivors.

Youth play next to a destroyed car in a village near Rabia on the road to Sinjar in 2015

Yazidi victims of ISIS fear for lives in Germany due to ISIS presence

The harrowing story is the most shocking case of a former survivor of the ISIS genocide in Iraq, that led to the ethnic cleansing of more than 400,000 Yazidis.

Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad speaks to members of the UN Security Council