Yazidis

May- 2023 -

23 May

A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, 2018

Turkish Strike Kills 3 Yazidi Fighters in North Iraq: Officials

A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq killed three Yazidi fighters affiliated with the rebel Kurdistan Worker's Party.

Sep- 2021 -

15 September

Middle East

A tank belonging to Turkish soldiers and rebel Free Syrian Army fighters is seen in the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin, in northwestern Syria, after they took control of the city from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), on March 18, 2018

Rebecca Anne Proctor

Afrin’s Syrian Kurds Continue to Pay Price of Turkey’s Occupation

Throughout Syria's Turkish-occupied territories, a cycle of violence has become common as Turkish-backed opposition groups are turning to exploiting citizens, particularly Syrian Kurds and Yazidis.

Jul- 2020 -

21 July

Terrorism

Islamic State supporters hold up the caliphate's flag

Staff Writer With AFP

Mawla the ‘Destroyer,’ Brutal New Head of IS Group

The Islamic State group's new head, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi or Mawla, has a reputation for brutality but otherwise remains largely an enigma.

Apr- 2020 -

24 April

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

German court tries ISIS suspect over Yazidi genocide

A man believed to have belonged to ISIS is on trial in Germany accused of genocide and murdering a child belonging to the Yazidi minority who he held as a slave

Feb- 2020 -

21 February

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Alleged Iraqi ISIS member accused of letting Yazidi ‘slave’ girl die to be charged with genocide in Germany

An Iraqi suspected of belonging to ISIS will face charges of murder and genocide in Germany, accused especially of letting a five-year-old "slave" girl die of thirst

Nov- 2019 -

27 November

Middle East