PM Barzani calls on Baghdad to implement Sinjar Agreement, ensure return of Yazidis

“Unfortunately, more than 20,000 Yazidi families still live in camps,” Barzani said during his speech, adding, “I once again call on the federal government to assist in implementing the Sinjar agreement,” to ensure the safe return of the Yazidis. 

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Young Yazidi woman freed from ISIS captivity after nearly 12 years

The young woman was around seven to eight years old when she was kidnapped.

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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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‘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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A decade of unmet demands: Reflecting on the Yazidi genocide

Ten years after ISIS committed atrocities against the Yazidi community and other minorities in the country, survivors' needs remain largely unmet.

Alannah Travers

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s widow sentenced to death

Asma Mohammed, widow of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, sentenced to death for holding Yazidi women captive and collaborating with ISIS.

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Brushstrokes of resilience: Yazidi artist defies trauma

The 28-year-old Badal uses his brush to document the Yazidis' plight and his own forced journey. His brushstrokes became a powerful resistance, transforming suffering into a poignant testament to resilience.

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