Thousands of men were killed and women and children were enslaved and raped when Islamic State fanatics overran the ancestral home of the Yazidis in 2014.
Farida is a young Yazidi woman who is taken from her home as well as the rest of her family in the beginning of the book. The town that Khalaf is from has Peshmerga soldiers. These men are used to protect borders of connecting countries and used to keep armies like Isis out. The ...
On the morning of August 3rd, 2014, ISIS attacks the city of Sinjar and begins to massacre the inhabitants, most of them from the Yazidi religious minority. Over the following days, ISIS slaughters more than 5,000 people and an additional 5,000 are enslaved. 200,000 people manage to esc...
Wow, I was really pleased and surprised to find out I had made it in. Well done to everyone else who got selected and to those who didn't you are still an inspiration. Thanks to all behind the OMM for bringing so many people together and for getting me into art. :0) Tue 4th Dec...
A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS was on Tuesday jailed by a Swedish court on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes.
The YPG has also assisted in the tortuous work of helping Yazidi families smuggle out their loved ones from Islamic State territory. Palani described receiving detailed correspondence from girls in captivity attempting to organize their own escape or plead for rescue. ...