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Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.

Where are the missing Yazidis? Thousands still held captive after ISIS attacks

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A gavel and a block is pictured on the judge's bench in this illustration picture taken in the Sussex County Court of Chancery in Georgetown, Delaware, U.S., June 9, 2021.

Sweden sentences woman to 12 years in prison for genocide, war crimes in Syria

Rojin Hadid Talal (C), a member of Iraq's Yazidi minority who was captured by the Islamic State militant group as a child, sits with his brother Aydin Hadid Talal (L) and uncle Saeed Talal (R) at their home in Khanke, in Dohuk governorate, Iraq, June 8, 2024.

Iraq's missing Yazidis: Inside the long search for Islamic State captives

FAWZIA SIDO, then aged nine, was captured with two of her brothers by Islamic State in the summer of 2014, before ending up held prisoner in Gaza. In this illustrative photo, Yazidi women and children rescued from Islamic State wait to board buses bound for Sinjar in Iraq’s Yazidi heartland.

Yazidi woman freed by IDF from Gaza reveals ISIS made them eat babies

By JONATHAN SPYER

A 16-year-old east Jerusalem resident is under investigation for attempting to recruit members to ISIS.

Dutch woman on trial accused of enslaving Yazidi women while part of Islamic State

By REUTERS

Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.

Kidnapped Yazidi woman stuck in Gaza for years yearns to be set free

A general view of the town of Sinjar in Iraq, June 6, 2024.

Yazidis fear returning to their homeland, 10 years after massacre

By REUTERS

A REFUGEE COOKS inside a tent in the Al-Hawl refugee camp, in northern Syria, in this file photo.

ISIS has implemented their rule of terror: A report from the Al-Hawl camp in Syria

By JONATHAN SPYER

ISIS Warns of new Attacks

IS-affiliated woman guilty of 5-Year-old Yazidi girl's death receives 14-year sentence

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Syrian Democratic Forces rescue Yazidi woman held by ISIS during counterinsurgency operation

By THE MEDIA LINE

Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.

Yazidi women rescued eight years after ISIS kidnapping - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Migrants watch a fire outside Pournara refugee camp during clashes in Kokkinotrimithia on the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus October 28, 2022.

Yazidis who survived genocide in Iraq flee to Cyprus, en route to Europe

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iraqi Yazidis attend a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year at Lalish temple in Shekhan District in Duhok province, Iraq April 19, 2022.

German lawmakers recognize Islamic State crimes against Yazidis as genocide

By REUTERS