Yazidi

Wounded and alone, children flee Islamic State's last enclave, hope for medical care, mental health support

Hareth was 11 years old when Islamic State carved out its “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, killing thousands of civilians and attracting an array of enemies.

Nobel Peace Prize 2018: Nadia Murad's incredible journey from jihadist slave to Nobel laureate

The 25-year-old Murad once lived a quiet life in her village near the mountainous Yazidi stronghold of Sinjar in northern Iraq, close to the border with Syria.

Nobel Peace Prize: DR Congo's 'doctor miracle' Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad to share award

The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize 2018, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad have won the award for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Islamic State continuing genocide against Yazidis: UN

Islamic State jihadists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said on Thursday.

IS trying to wipe out religious minorities, need to be stopped straightaway: White House

The situation in IS-controlled areas is dangerous as the terror group is committing genocide, the US has said, indicating that it will ramp up its operation

IS killing Yazidi women: French minister urges UN to use 'femicide' in international law

While genocide is part of the international legal vocabulary, femicide — the deliberate and violent killing of women — is not, Laurence Rossignol said.

Nazi war crime researchers probe Islamic State over Yazidi 'genocide'

A group that documented Nazi war crimes is now investigating whether massacres committed by Islamic State jihadists against Iraq's Yazidi minority amount to genocide.

Meet the all-woman Yazidi battalion that's ready for battle with the Islamic State

there's a gutsy group of all-female Yazidi battalion that is now fighting back against the Islamic State who have been abducting, raping and murdering thousands of their people.

The horrors of IS kids training camp: Behead dolls, shoot from close range, knock each other out

In a training camp by ISlamic State, children are shown beheading videos and made to behead a doll with swords.

Iraq: Mass graves found in Yazidi village wrested from ISIS militants

Yazidi residents have returned to their village after Iraqi Kurdish fighters drove out ISIS militants. They are now discovering mass graves in their hometown.