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.
Yazidi fighters disarm in Iraq's Sinjar after a decade of division - what comes next? - analysis
From forced conversion to genocide: How Yazidis carry centuries of persecution into exile
Thousands of ISIS-linked women, children still held in Syria’s camps amid escape efforts - analysis
The world is continuing to ignore the sufferings of the Yazidis
No government is willing to step forward to help them rebuild their destroyed villages, not even their own governments.
Why hasn’t Twitter flagged 'kuffar' as a term of abuse
However, the website continues to host thousands of tweets that use the word “kuffar” or “unbeliever” as a form of abuse.
Eastern Syria defeated ISIS but has been given no coronavirus test kits
The region lacks an ability to test for coronavirus and does not have the hospital capacity to deal with a new crisis.
Turkey’s war on Kurds and the fate of the European project
While European leaders pay lip service to the sacrifices of Kurdish forces, they refuse to stop Erdogan while simultaneously stressing the need for Kurds to continue fighting on the West's behalf.
Yazidi woman kept as sex slave by ISIS confronts her rapist
"Do you have feelings? Do you have honor? I was 14 years old, as old as your daughter, your son, or your sister. You destroyed my life."
When ethnic or religious persecution comes...
Jews around the world are seeing an upsurge in antisemitism not at all unlike its development in Europe and Iraq in the 1920s and 30s.
Saturday people, Sunday people and the ‘Mohammadian army’
“In his tweets in Turkish and Arabic, however, Erdogan described his forces as ‘the heroes of the Mohammadian army’ – a term dating back to the Ottoman Empire,” the report continued.
Kristallnacht, ISIS and today’s crisis in Syria
I am not an expert on the Holocaust, but I have spent time among many Yazidi survivors of ISIS and its crimes.
Turkey bombs Sinjar villages in Iraq where genocide survivors live
Three were injured in the airstrike on Tuesday, the third airstrike in two days.
We must not grow numb to the Yazidi genocide
Despite centuries of persecution, the Yazidis have never forsaken their faith, which only attests to their remarkable sense of identity and strength of character.