"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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.