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 follows decades of systematic denial and displacement stemming from the Ba’ath regime’s Arabization campaign in 1975.
On March 3, 2025, 42 Ezidi families, displaced during the 2014 ISIS onslaught, returned to their homeland in Shengal after living for over a decade in Çem Mişko Camp in Duhok. The families, totaling 163 individuals, resettled in the Digur sub-district and the villages of Sêkêniye and Rembûsî. This marks another step in the ongoing process of repopulating Shengal, as many more families are expected to return in the coming days.
Le rapport du HCR de décembre 2024 sur ses opérations dans le gouvernorat de Dohuk donne un aperçu de la situation humanitaire des réfugiés, demandeurs d’asile et personnes déplacées internes (PDI) dans la région. Dohuk reste une zone critique pour les populations déplacées, avec plus de 281 000 PDI et Read more…