Posts Tagged: ISIS Yazidis
We Must Not Grow Numb to the Yazidi Massacres
A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to meet with six members of the Yazidi community, including journalists and activists. I must admit that...
Mass Grave Found in Last Islamic State Bastion, SDF Says
A mass grave containing the bodies of dozens of people who may be Yazidis enslaved by Islamic State has been found in territory recently seized...
Securing a Future for Religious Minorities in the Middle East
JNS.org - You have to wonder if the barbarians fighting under the flag of the Islamic State still believe that 72 virgins will be waiting for...
ISIS Uses Smartphone Apps, Shared Databases to Sell Captives as Sex Slaves
The advertisement on the Telegram app is as chilling as it is incongruous: A girl for sale is "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price...
UN: ISIS Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq, Syria
The United Nations said that Islamic State is committing genocide against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq and Syria, as it urges further international action against...
Holocaust Educator to Help Yazidis Document Genocidal Persecution by ISIS
A Holocaust educator will help record tragic stories from the Iraqi-Syrian Yazidi community who survived genocidal persecution at the hands of ISIS terrorists and made their way to Germany,...
‘Jewish Schindler’ Spearheading Mission to Help Yazidis Stranded in Greece After Escaping ISIS Persecution (EXCLUSIVE)
A Canadian Jewish businessman is leading efforts to help Yazidis who managed to escape ISIS persecution in Iraq, only to find themselves stranded in Greece, The Algemeiner...
In Iraqi Kurdistan, a Genocide Before Our Very Eyes (PART TWO)
Part One of this article appeared here. Nothing can prepare one for the level of destruction found in Shingal. The streets are strewn with rubble, housing blown...
In Iraqi Kurdistan, a Genocide Before Our Very Eyes
The two bullet casings are already beginning to rust. Sheikh Nasser Pasha plucks them from the ground. “Look, one is from an AK-47, one from...
Clinton Calls Islamic State Persecution of Mideast Christians, Yazidis ‘Genocide’
JNS.org - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities in the...
For Persecuted Mideast Christians, Obama Tongue-Tied on Genocide
JNS.org - While Christians in Iraq and Syria face the threat of extinction at the hands of the Islamic State terror group, the US State Department remains...
More Mass Graves Found in Former ISIS-Held Iraqi Town
Iraqi officials say three more mass graves have been found in the northern town of Sinjar, where Kurdish forces backed by US-led airstrikes drove out...
Yazidi Singer Forms All-Female Batallion to Fight ISIS
BreakingIsraelNews.com/JNS.org - A renowned singer has recruited 123 Yazidi women to form an all-female fighting unit in order to fight back against the Islamic State terror group,...
Iraqi Yazidis Appeal to Israel for Military Aid to Fight Islamic State
JNS.org - An Iraqi Yazidi military commander has made an appeal to Israel for military aid to help in the fight against the Islamic State...
