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Where are the missing Yazidis? Thousands still held captive after ISIS attacks

After a decade of ISIS terrorism on the Yazidis in Iraq, a global network of activists, survivors, and volunteers continue their efforts to locate those still missing.

 Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.
Displaced Yazidi women protest outside the headquarters of the UN Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), north of Baghdad, in 2015.

Prosecutors seek 8 years for Dutch woman accused of keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria

 A 16-year-old east Jerusalem resident is under investigation for attempting to recruit members to ISIS.

Dutch woman on trial accused of enslaving Yazidi women while part of Islamic State

 M. and Steve Maman speaking for the first time after M left the Gaza Strip on her way back to her family.

Free at last: Yazidi woman held in Gaza finally leaves enclave


Saad Hariri stirs up storm with comment understood to call for support to Hezbollah

Some lauded the former Prime Minister for his “national stances”, while others slammed him for commending those responsible his father’s assassination

 Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Saad al-Hariri speaks as he abandons cabinet formation, after meeting with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon July 15, 2021.

Kidnapped Yazidi woman stuck in Gaza for years yearns to be set free

Steve Maman, popularly nicknamed the “Jewish Schindler” for his efforts to rescue and aid thousands of Yazidi refugees, calls on Netanyahu to lend a shoulder and assume responsibility for aiding M.

 Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.

In the shadow of genocide: Remembering 10 years of Yazidi struggle

A decade after ISIS’s genocidal campaign, the Yazidi community remains deeply scarred, struggling with displacement, mental health issues, and ongoing sectarian conflict.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Yazidi activists at the State Department in Washington July 2024.

Syrian Democratic Forces rescue Yazidi woman held by ISIS during counterinsurgency operation

The woman disclosed that she endured rape and forced marriage to IS fighters before being transported to al-Hol in 2019.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Yazidi women rescued eight years after ISIS kidnapping - analysis

While many Yazidis have been saved, the community continues to live in displaced persons' camps and does not receive much international assistance.

 Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.

Yazidis who survived genocide in Iraq flee to Cyprus, en route to Europe

A Yazidi man currently in Cyprus tells ‘The Jerusalem Post’ of his travel, survival and the woes of his community.

 Migrants watch a fire outside Pournara refugee camp during clashes in Kokkinotrimithia on the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus October 28, 2022.

German lawmakers recognize Islamic State crimes against Yazidis as genocide

The jihadist group killed thousands of Yazidis, enslaved 7,000 and displaced most of the 550,000-strong community from their ancestral home.

 Iraqi Yazidis attend a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year at Lalish temple in Shekhan District in Duhok province, Iraq April 19, 2022.

Who is the new militant group targeting a Turkish base with drones? - analysis

The creation of a new “group” called Ahrar Sinjar may be an excuse to strike Turkey now, alleging to be responding to other Turkish attacks.

Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) advance towards the city of Al-Qaim, Iraq November 3, 2017

Yazidis in Iraq displaced again, international community ignores fighting

The reality is that average people are suffering because the international community has not invested in the area. There is a lack of security.

Displaced Yazidis fleeing ISIS in Sinjar walk toward the Syrian border in August 2014

Yazidi Islamic State survivor latest victim of 'cancel culture' -opinion

This past week, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad was the latest victim of the West’s cancel culture, as she was disinvited from a book event by Canada’s Toronto District School Board.

Displaced Yazidi women protest outside the headquarters of the UN Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), north of Baghdad, in 2015.

Migrants brave dangers to return to Kurdistan from Belarus - analysis

20,000 people are in Belarus and became stuck trying to cross into Poland and move to Europe. Some of them are Kurds and also Yazidi survivors of genocide.

Migrants use wire cutters to cut the barbed wire as they try to cross the Belarus/Poland border near Kuznica Bialostocka, Poland, in this video-grab released by the Polish Defence Ministry, November 8, 2021.