Yazidis

Britain is exploiting refugees to fuel right-wing nationalism

Anti-refugee rhetoric is a useful distraction from government corruption and incompetence.

Iraqi elections have ended the PKK’s propaganda campaign in Sinjar

Despite the terror group’s cynical exploitation of the Yazidis in Sinjar, the community rejected the PKK-linked alternative to vote in favour of the ruling KDP.

Examining Iran's ever-expanding role in Syria and Iraq

Tehran’s political and military involvement in Syria and Iraq have helped to turn their state structures upside-down.

Syria lists Yazidis as a Muslim sect. Outraged, they say otherwise

A new Civil Status Law in Syria blocks Yazidis from forming a court to rule on personal status, a right other ethnic minorities in the country enjoy.

Yazidis in Iraq protest over the kidnapping of children by the PKK

Yazidi families are calling on the UN and the central government in Baghdad to save children kidnapped by the terrorist organisation.

Yazidi children freed from Daesh grapple with mental trauma

Branding the Yazidis as heretics, Daesh slaughtered thousands of men, abducted women and girls and forced boys to fight on its behalf. A new report shows that nearly 2,000 Yazidi children are still without the care they need.

How one woman’s rape is challenging Japan’s patriarchal culture

A journalist who went public with her rape allegation is changing the rules in a country where male privilege dominates culture and consent is a blurred line.

German prosecutors probe Yazidi woman's claim about Daesh man

Ashwaq Haji Hami says she was enslaved by Daesh militants, but escaped to Germany where she ran into her captors again, so she moved back to Iraq.

Iraq's Yazidis mark massacre anniversary

Daesh attacked Yazidi villages four years ago, killing and capturing thousands of people. Farida Abbas Khalaf, one of the captured Yazidi women who was sold into sexual slavery, recalls the horror of her experience.

Five questions on Sinjar

Iraq’s Sinjar region, where the Iraqi army started an operation against the PKK, has been a hot topic for both Turkish and Iraqi officials who have been working to improve bilateral relations in recent months.

Yazidis plan a return to Sinjar where memories of massacre linger

Daesh killed or kidnapped some 9,000 Yazidis in Iraq, according to a recent study, prompting mass displacement. But now hundreds of Iraqi Yazidis condemned to life in camps want to leave for whatever is left of home.

Yazidis make pilgrimage to Lalesh Temple after surviving Daesh threat

Adherents of one of the world's oldest religions have been subject to mass killings and kidnappings under Daesh rule in Iraq.