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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EU urges Baghdad, Erbil to implement Sinjar Agreement for safe return of Yazidis

The European Union urges Erbil and Baghdad to "proceed with the implementation of the Sinjar Agreement, as this would improve living conditions in Sinjar and allow Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Yazidi community to return.”

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‘Unhealed wound’: Kurdish, Iraqi leaders commemorate Yazidi Genocide

Eleven years on, the struggle of the Yazidi community continues with unfavorable living conditions at IDP camps, lack of security and reconstruction preventing return to Sinjar, and thousands of the community's members still missing.

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Kurdish leaders vow continued support for Yazidis on Midsummer holidays

The festival marks the 40th day of the summer season

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Suicide drone crashes into displaced Yazidis camp in Zakho

“In the early hours of Tuesday, at 00:30, a suicide drone crashed into the Darkar camp, located in Darkar sub-district, Zakho,” the Kurdistan Counter Terrorism (CT) stated, adding, "it did not cause any human casualties, but it did cause material damage.”

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First int’l conference brings to light plights, history, culture of Yazidis

At least 60 researchers from over 11 countries are set to discuss the culture, norms, religion, language, and history of the Yazidis during the conference.

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