The remains of 22 Yazidis killed during the 2014 Islamic State (ISIS) assault on their ancestral homeland of Shingal (Sinjar) were laid to rest on Wednesday. This marks the eighth batch of remains ...

World Yazidis seek rescue of women and children enslaved, married off to ISIS By Hollie McKay , Fox News Published May 10, 2018 5:45pm EDT | Updated May 11, 2018 12:39pm EDT ...

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 ...

Thousands of Yazidis who were in displacement camps in northern Iraq's Kurdistan Region have returned to Sinjar. "It's a beautiful feeling to be home," says a Yazidi woman who recently arrived.

Although Yazidis are Iraqi citizens, the Iraqi government in Baghdad has never participated in their rescue, claiming it has neither the funds nor the ability. Until about two years ago, Mr. Shrim ...

"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 ...

Yazidis believe continual rebirth leads to purification, and therefore the sect does not believe in hell. The tomb of Sheikh Adi, in the town of Lalesh north of Mosul, Iraq, is a Yazidi shrine and ...

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.

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.

The Yazidis began "using Islamic words and concepts to refer to their ancient beliefs," Kreyenbroek said. They also practice rites like baptism in water, which may or may not be drawn from ...

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 ...

Yazidis are represented in the Armenian parliament. Canada has also helped, offering itself as a haven for Yazidi women and girls since 2017. At least 1,200 have been resettled as of June 2019.