Aleppo’s Ezidi civilians are facing a dire humanitarian crisis as violence escalates in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh, and al-Suryan. These areas, home to roughly 5,000 Syrian Ezidis, are suffering from siege conditions, electricity outages, and severe shortages of medicine.
Nearly 1,200 Ezidi families have already been forcibly displaced, while those unable to flee remain trapped, facing extreme danger and uncertainty. Some families have relocated to Afrin and other safer areas, but thousands are still at risk.
Ezidi Times calls on international actors, including the United Nations, human rights organisations, and the global community, to intervene immediately, halt the attacks, protect civilians, and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
Ezidi Times also emphasizes that Germany, given its prior diplomatic contact with Syria through former Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who visited Damascus in January 2025 and met with the Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa, must make concrete efforts to protect Ezidis. We urge Germany to demand that the newly de facto Syrian government ensure the safety and protection of Ezidis in Aleppo and other threatened areas.
For Aleppo’s Ezidis, already survivors of generations of persecution, the situation represents yet another life-threatening chapter. Swift international action is essential.
