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Ezidis reject outside claims to speak for them. The Yazidi Cause Alliance warns that the KRG and others cannot override their voice. Sinjar’s future, security, and representation must be determined by Ezidis…
Recent military developments along the Syrian-Iraqi border have drawn significant attention in Sinjar, an area that remains deeply marked by the events of 2014. The arrival and positioning of forces aligned with…
Ezidis did not choose to live in camps, and they certainly did not choose to become targets of ISIS in 2014. With the current and evident attempts to force Ezidis out, the…
Aleppo’s 5,000 Ezidis are trapped under siege in Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh, and al-Suryan, facing electricity outages, medicine shortages, and forced displacement. Nearly 1,200 families have already fled, while thousands remain at risk.…
Kurdish Peshmerga disarmed and trapped civilians, cooperated with ISIS fighters, and left Sinjar defenseless in 2014. From the 2007 bombings to the post-genocide occupation, the destruction of the Ezidis was not ISIS…
Gülsüme Oğuz’s exhibition brings the experiences of Ezidi women into focus, portraying their journeys of survival, displacement, and resilience through powerful visual storytelling. The works reflect both the immense hardships these women…
A new report reveals a sharp rise in suicide cases in Mosul and Shingal, exposing the deepening psychological and social struggles faced by the Ezidi people and other minorities. Between January and…
More than a decade after ISIS destroyed Shingal, Germany is urging Iraq to speed up reconstruction of the Ezidi homeland. Despite new laws and aid projects, most Ezidis remain displaced, and rebuilding…
Tens of thousands of displaced Ezidis remain in Duhok camps as attempts to return to Shengal are stalled by destroyed homes, lack of services, and security instability.
As the Mosul Dam reservoir recedes to its lowest levels in nearly a century, archaeologists are uncovering not only 2,300-year-old Hellenistic tombs but also traces of Ezidi heritage once submerged beneath the…
On August 3, 2014, the Ezidi people of Sinjar were targeted for extermination by ISIS. Thousands were killed, enslaved, and displaced. The genocide aimed to erase not only lives, but identity, culture,…
Eleven years after the Ezidi genocide, survivors are still waiting—for justice, for reparations, and for meaningful support. This event in Washington, DC brought Ezidi voices and policymakers together to ask: what will…
The Imperial War Museum in London opened Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict, the UK’s first major exhibition on wartime sexual violence, running through November 2. It includes testimony and artefacts from Ezidi women…
The abrupt suspension of US aid to Iraq has left thousands of Ezidi genocide survivors stranded in displacement camps, stripped of vital mental health, protection, and humanitarian services.
The Ezidi people endured brutal attacks in 2014 when ISIS forcibly displaced them from their ancestral homeland in northern Iraq, killing and enslaving thousands. ISIS falsely accused the Ezidis—whose ancient religion, Sharfadin,…
The Ezidi people, an ancient ethnic and religious group from northern Iraq, continue to face dire conditions in displacement camps years after ISIS attacks forced them from their homes. The reduction in…
Earlier this year, the United States dismantled its foreign aid agency, USAID, cutting billions of dollars in humanitarian and development support in Iraq. This decision has already left some of Iraq’s most…
Kiwex, Idil, Turkey In the heart of the historic Ezidi village of Kiwex, located in the İdil district of Şırnak province, construction of a new military post has begun — triggering protests from…
Murad Ismael, a prominent Ezidi activist and co-founder of the Sinjar Academy, is facing an arrest warrant issued by a court in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. The warrant follows his…
In a landmark step toward long-overdue justice, over 15,000 Ezidis living in 11 settlements near Sinjar (Shingal) in Nineveh Province have begun receiving official title deeds to their homes. This unprecedented recognition…
