Yazidi

On Int'l Women’s Day, remember the victims of sexual violence in wartime

Instead of focusing on the future of Daesh, let’s remember the Yazidis they enslaved in the past

Pope Francis: China's Muslim Uighurs are 'persecuted'

While the pope has spoken out before about the Rohingya who have fled Myanmar, and the killing of Yazidi by Daesh in Iraq, it was the first time Pope mentioned the Uighurs.

Nobel laureates urge world to help victims of rape in conflict

In their speeches during Nobel Peace Prize acceptance ceremony, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad called on the world to do more to protect the victims of wartime sexual violence.

Afrin community leaders want Turkey’s help to rebuild the town

The group of Arab, Kurdish, Alawite and Yazidi residents of Afrin gathered across the border in Gaziantep to discuss Afrin's future, after Turkey's military and its FSA allies liberated the town on Sunday.

The many names of the PKK

Turkey has launched a border security mission to clear Syria's Afrin of YPG, an affiliate of the PKK. Both Turkey and the US consider the PKK to be a terror group, yet the US insists the YPG is an ally against Daesh.

Yazidi woman who escaped Daesh returns home

Nadia Murad, 24, was one of about 7,000 women and girls captured in northwest Iraq in August 2014 by Daesh.

Yazidis in northern Iraq forced to flee their homes a second time

Fighting between Peshmerga forces and the PKK-backed Yazidi militia group YBS is forcing the Yazidi community to seek refuge in the Sinjar mountains.

Hundreds of thousands flee Mosul fighting

About 283,000 Iraqis have been displaced from Iraq's second largest city since the military operation began in October last year. The UN's refugee agency expects 40,000 more people to flee Mosul in the next 48 hours.

Report reveals how PKK-affiliated groups are using child soldiers

The report documents 29 cases in northern Iraq that show how children under the age of 15 are being forced to become child soldiers for PKK-affiliated terror groups.

Yazidi women who escaped Daesh captivity receive human rights awards

The European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar who are raising awareness about women and children imprisoned by the terror group.

Beards and underage concubines: Document reveals obsessions of Daesh

Pamphlets with Daesh logos found in Iraq show how the militant group dealt with female captives and allowed its members to take "pre-pubescent girls" as concubines.

Yazidi women who escaped Daesh awarded top freedom prize

Daesh abducted the two Yazidi women when the terror group overran Kocho village in Iraq's northwestern district of Sinjar in August 2014.