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Yazidis seek refuge
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ISIS frees over 200 Yazidi captives
More than 200 Yazidis, among them elderly men and children, crossed out of ISIS-held territory Middle East -
ISIS’s sex slaves pushed to suicide: Amnesty
Since June, ISIS militants have controlled swathes of Iraq and Syria declaring a cross-border 'caliphate' Middle East -
Kurds push deeper in Sinjar but face ISIS resistance
At least two peshmerga fighters have been killed by ISIS snipers and 25 were wounded in the latest fighting in Iraq’s Sinjar Middle East -
Kurdish clashes with ISIS delay evac of Yazidis
A Kurdish official said a corridor was opened to evacuate Yazidis in Sinjar, adding that Iraqi forces were in no way part of the operation Middle East -
Remembering 2014’s captives still held by extremists
Thousands of people continue to be held captive by ISIS, al-Nusra Front, and Nigeria-based Boko Haram Features -
ISIS sex slaves guide mars international Human Rights Day
The pamphlet was published by the Research and Fatwa Department of ISIS on Dec. 3 Features -
Strikes kill dozens of ISIS fighters north of Mosul
The militant group has suffered major blows in Iraq in recent weeks Middle East -
‘Abandoned’ Yazidis seek U.S. action from White House trip
A Yazidi delegation met with U.S. officials in late October to seek arms and more humanitarian aid Features -
Yazidi female fighter recalls horrifying ISIS massacre
Robjon managed to escape to Mount Senjar, but her family was trapped under ISIS’ siege Middle East -
U.N. warns Yazidis facing ‘attempted genocide’
‘The evidence strongly indicates attempt to commit genocide,’ a top U.N. official said Middle East -
ISIS besieges 700 Yazidi families in Mount Sinjar
Yazidi defense forces call for coalition forces to help to break the ISIS siege Middle East -
A Yazidi plea
This week’s guest is Tahsin Said Ali, emir of the Yazidis in Iraq and globally. He calls on the international community to help the Yazidis and ... Point Of Order -
Bearing the brunt of ISIS, Yazidis carry on with a tale of survival
How did Yazidis survive in the Middle East when they are not even Muslims, Christians or Jewish? Profiles -
U.S. slams ‘abhorrent’ ISIS slavery of Yazidis
ISIS militants said abducted Yazidi women and children had been divided among its fighters according to Shariah law Middle East -
ISIS jihadists boast of enslaving Yazidi women
Yazidi leaders and rights groups warned in August that the small community faced genocide Features -
Iraqi Yazidi girl tells of captivity in ISIS group
Her two sisters remain in the militants’ hands, and her father, other brothers and other male relatives have vanished Features -
Iraqi Yazidi woman MP awarded Anna Politkovskaya prize
The award was handed out by London-based organisation RAW in WAR to honour women working to help those trapped in conflict Television & Radio -
In squalid exile, Iraqi Yazidis hope for return
Thousands of members of Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority are living in squalor in unsanitary shelters and camps, with little food or water and no medicine Features -
Another war to rearrange the Middle East
A few months ago, not many Americans, or Europeans for that matter, knew that a Yazidi community even existed Middle East -
Iraqis fear ISIS using small children as ‘human shields, trafficking’
The activist said that there is ‘unconfirmed number of children used either as human traffic or other dark purposes’ Features -
The beginning of the end for ISIS
U.S. airstrikes and international military support to the Iraqi army and peshmerga are just the beginning of a war to eliminate ISIS Features -
Yazidi girl tells of escape from ISIS kidnappers
For the first time in 20 days she and another girl being held with her were alone with no guards, and the door was unlocked Features -
Amnesty International condemns ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Iraq
A report by the watchdog detailed eye-witness accounts of those who survived what the rights group described as a 'massacre' Features -
Dozens of Yazidi women ‘sold into marriage’ by ISIS
Activists say Yazidi women were forced to convert and sold into marriage to militants Middle East -
Video shows ISIS ‘converting’ Yazidis to Islam
Yazidis are seen grimly reciting the Muslim invocation of faith in the 11-minute video released by the group Middle East -
ISIS fighters aim to wed captured Yazidi women
Rumors circulating of the women being sexually enslaved and raped are largely untrue, a UK-based daily reported Middle East -
At least 80 killed in northern Iraq ‘massacre’
Most of the victims were members of the Yazidi religious minority, officials and a witness said Middle East -
Yazidis flee ISIS
Displaced Iraqi families from the Yazidi community cross the Iraqi-Syrian border at the Fishkhabur crossing, in northern Iraq, on August 13, 2014. At ... Perspective -
U.S. Special Forces 'meet' besieged Yazidi refugees
Pentagon says a small party of U.S. troops was flown onto Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq Middle East