Yazidi / Yezidi community

Yazidi / Yezidi community

The Yazidis (Yezidis) live principally in Northern Iraq. There are approximately one million people worldwide. Historically, the Yazidis lived primarily in communities in locales that are in present-day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, and also had significant numbers in...
5 years later – aug 3, 2014

5 years later – aug 3, 2014

On 3 August, 2014, ISIS launched a genocide against the Yazidis living in Sinjar, northern Iraq, which led to the death and disappearance of thousands. Layla, 32, was kidnapped and forced to become a sex slave. She was sold eight times. Five years later hundreds of...