"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 ...

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." ...

The Yazidis, who follow a monotheistic religion, in which the Peacock Angel is chief among seven divine beings, and have been persecuted periodically in the past, suffered gravely. From 2014 to ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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.