Iraq launches campaign to identify Yazidi victims of ISIS genocide

“The ministry has launched a special national campaign through the Mass Graves Department in the Department of Forensic Medicine, aimed at collecting information and blood samples from the relatives of the victims of the Yazidi component in Nineveh,” health ministry spokesperson Saif al-Badr told the state newspaper.

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Kurdish, Iraqi leaders congratulate Yazidis on Feast of Ezid

"May this blessed occasion bring happiness and prosperity, and may the Yazidi community celebrate all its festivals and observances in peace and joy," said President Masoud Barzani.

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Iraqi PM, president receive Yazidi spiritual leader, discuss community needs, property rights

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani and President Abdul Latif Rashid held separate meetings with Mir Hazim Tahsin Beg, the spiritual leader of the Yazidis, on Monday, to discuss the community’s challenges, including reconstruction in Yazidi areas, the return of displaced families, and ongoing efforts to resolve decades-old property rights issues affecting Yazidi residents.

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Iraq has uncovered over 300 mass graves in coordination with KRG: Advisor

Data from the UN estimates there are at least 700 mass graves in Iraq

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Yazidis mark Jama feast at Lalish

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Two mass graves discovered in Sinjar

“It is still unknown how many bodies are in those graves, and we are waiting for expert teams to come and excavate those graves,” added the director.

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Nineveh security official bemoans Sinjar IDP repatriation delays, calls for removal of armed groups

Mohammed Kakayi, head of the Security Committee in the Nineveh Provincial Council, told The New Region that “tens of thousands of people, especially from the Yazidi community, remain in camps or scattered in other parts of Iraq.

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Bodies of Yazidis buried alive by ISIS to return to Sinjar

Iraq has located 93 mass graves containing victims of the genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State (ISIS) against the Yazidi community, with only 274 of the 750 bodies exhumed having been identified so far.

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Iraqi MP sues activist for calling Yazidis ‘infidels’

“Even after 11 years of genocide, there are still people with extremist thinking who describe Yazidis with such hateful language,” Iraqi MP Vian Dakhil said.

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