"The Nineveh Plains represent the heart of the Syriac people's historical memory and stand as a living testament to ...

Mount Sinjar rises from the arid plains of northwestern Iraq like a grassy sentinel — ancient, scarred, and unyielding. Today ...

The genocide of the Yazidis in northern Iraq’s Sinjar District will be remembered as one of the darkest chapters in the rise and “fall” of ISIS. It is hard to fathom the pain, suffering, and ...

Iraqi universities and the Ministry of Higher Education held a moment of silence on Sunday to mark the National Day for the ...

The Yazidi family mourned her death, assuming she had been killed by Islamic State militants or exposure to the blistering summer sun in northwest Iraq, but 15-year-old Suad Shaker Qassem was still… ...

Many Yazidis in Syria remain displaced in refugee camps, and with ongoing conflict, they have even fewer options for return or resettlement. Food shortages, medical crises and lack of humanitarian ...

"The Yazidis of Mountain Shingal are terrified. They feel threatened and unsafe. They thought ISIS days were almost done and they can return to their villages and towns, but now they face a bigger ...

The Yazidis are hardly a household name for most Americans, but they have lived in the same region in northern Iraq for centuries, with communities in Syria and Turkey as well.

For Christians and Yazidis Fleeing Genocide, the Obama Administration Has No Room at the Inn By Nina Shea About Nina Shea September 22, 2015 8:00 AM ...

At one of the shrines on Mount Sinjar, where Yazidis fled to escape ISIS five years ago, Berfe Khalaf, 26, has come with her two small children after arriving back from Syria two days before.

Most are Yazidis, who had managed to make it down from the mountains and into Syria, about 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) away. Arab neighbors joined ISIS slaughter, escaped Yazidi says ...

The Yazidis, a religious minority in Iraq, have been targeted by the Islamic army for being what they call "devil worshipers" and were threatened with execution if they didn't agree to convert to ...