Many are believed to still be held in captivity across the Middle East or to have been trafficked to families associated with ...

SINJAR, Iraq - Children pour out of overcrowded classrooms with shattered windows, running out onto Sinjar's decimated streets in a cacophony of happy shouts and screams. Behind them, weary ...

The Islamic State has suffered serious blows within the past few days. Losing the city of Sinjar in Iraq to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces brought big headlines on Thursday, as the city connects the ...

On November 12, the very day the U.S. joined the military coalition Operation Free Sinjar against ISIS, Iraq enacted a law that will further victimize religious minorities, who have already ...

To help the conflict-affected people in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar and improve access to essential services, ...

The Islamic State trapped the Yazidis, a religious minority, on Mt. Sinjar in Northern Iraq last summer, killing men, women, and children. Now, back at the base of the mountain, these Yazidi ...

During the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century, the Yazidi community played a crucial but often overlooked role in ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...