Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
published : 14 Jul 2019 Yazidi teenager Jihan Qassem faced an impossible choice after being freed from years as a hostage of the Islamic State group, abandon her three […]
Black Forest sanctuary set up for Daesh-abused Yazidi women
By AFP – Dec 09,2018 -JORDAN TIMES DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany — After surviving torment and rape at the hands of her Daesh captors, Nadia Murad rebuilt her life at a trauma […]
In the land of the massacres, the very last Armenians have been finally been found
Avedis Hadjian, author of “Secret Nation: The Hidden Armenians of Turkey”, sometimes appears out of breath, exhausted by his attempts to find his people’s ancestors and descendants Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent […]
Rebuilding links between communities in Iraq
Council for Interreligious Dialogue aims to eradicate ‘fanatical discourse’ in the name of religion Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner Iraq April 25, 2018 Yazidis take part in a ceremony celebrating Charshama Sor (Red Wednesday), the […]
Do minorities have role in Iraqi national reconciliation?
IRAQ PULSE Türkçe okuyun نبض العراق Iraqi Christians, including Christian soldiers, attend the first Sunday Mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 30, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah) Do minorities have role in Iraqi national reconciliation? BAGHDAD — The national settlement […]
Iraqi Couple Saving Yazidi Girls from ISIS to Receive Human Rights First Award
New York City – Human Rights First will honor Iraqi human rights activists Khaleel Aldakhi and Ameena Saeed Hasan with its 2016 Human Rights First Award. The husband and wife activists are being recognized for their courageous work rescuing Yazidi women and girls enslaved by ISIS. The organization will present the […]
Islamic State committing genocide against Yazidis: U.N.
GENEVA | BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY Bones, suspected to belong to members of Iraq’s Yazidi community, are seen in a mass grave on the outskirts of the town of Sinjar, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/ARI JALAL/FILES Islamic State is committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the religious […]
Severing the Islamic State’s Supply Lines
Severing the Islamic State’s Supply Lines Analysis NOVEMBER 12, 2015 | 19:41 GMT Print Analysis Editor’s Note: Stratfor closely monitors conflict zones from a geopolitical perspective. What is perhaps the most volatile conflict today can be found in the territories of Iraq and Syria that are controlled by the Islamic State. […]
Iraq Kurds block key Daesh supply line in battle for Sinjar
By AFP – Nov 12,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Heavy smoke billows during an operation by Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led strikes in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar on Thursday, to retake the town from the Daesh group and cut a key supply line to Syria (AFP photo) MOUNT […]
Kurdish forces launch battle to retake Iraq’s Sinjar
Reuters International NOV 12, 2015 – 09:53 By Isabel Coles NEAR SINJAR TOWN, Iraq (Reuters) – Backed by U.S. air strikes, Kurdish forces said they captured several villages in an offensive on Thursday to retake the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a […]
Iraqi Kurdish leader vows to avenge Yazidis
By AFP – Aug 03,2015 – Last updated at Aug 03,2015 0 0 googleplus0 0 0 A file picture taken on August 13, 2014, shows displaced Iraqi families from the Yazidi community crossing the Iraqi-Syrian border at the Fishkhabur crossing, in northern Iraq. One year since the brutal onslaught of […]
Who, What, Why: Who are the Yazidis?
Who, What, Why: Who are the Yazidis? Who, What, WhyThe Magazine answers the questions behind the news 8 August 2014 SOURCE: bbc.com Share Among the many victims of the advance of The Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East are a group of up to 50,000 Yazidis, who are trapped […]
Northern Iraq: Fear of ISIS massacre of 500 Ezidi men
In the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar and ISIS stronghold west of Mosul, several hundred Ezidis are being held captive since August last year. After dozens of women, children and in some cases men managed to escape from Tal Afar following an intensification of armed clashes with Peshmerga and HPS forces […]
Iraq Kurds press fightback as top rebel reported killed
NAHYAT AL-AYADHIYA, Iraq: Kurdish forces pressed their biggest offensive against the Islamic State group so far on Friday, buoyed by US reports that IS supremo, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s top aide in Iraq has been killed. Kurdish peshmerga forces were securing the surroundings of Mount Sinjar after breaking a months-old siege […]