"The Nineveh Plains represent the heart of the Syriac people's historical memory and stand as a living testament to ...

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 ...

The genocide of the Yazidis in northern Iraq’s Sinjar District will be remembered as one of the darkest chapters in the rise and “fall” of ISIS. It is hard to fathom the pain, suffering, and ...

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

The Yazidi family mourned her death, assuming she had been killed by Islamic State militants or exposure to the blistering summer sun in northwest Iraq, but 15-year-old Suad Shaker Qassem was still… ...

Many Yazidis in Syria remain displaced in refugee camps, and with ongoing conflict, they have even fewer options for return or resettlement. Food shortages, medical crises and lack of humanitarian ...

"The Yazidis of Mountain Shingal are terrified. They feel threatened and unsafe. They thought ISIS days were almost done and they can return to their villages and towns, but now they face a bigger ...

For Christians and Yazidis Fleeing Genocide, the Obama Administration Has No Room at the Inn By Nina Shea About Nina Shea September 22, 2015 8:00 AM ...

The Yazidis claim to be the oldest religious community with a continuous existence in its own land. That may well be the case, at least as far as he estimated 600,000 Yazidis who live in Iraq are ...

At one of the shrines on Mount Sinjar, where Yazidis fled to escape ISIS five years ago, Berfe Khalaf, 26, has come with her two small children after arriving back from Syria two days before.

The Yazidis who remained in Iraq, including Gares and his lifelong friend Sulaiman Murad, joined U.S. forces following the 2003 invasion to help overthrow Hussein’s Ba'athist regime.