Yazidis

Thousands of ISIS-linked women, children still held in Syria’s camps amid escape efforts - analysis

While some of them have been repatriated over the last six years, many of them remain.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.
Members of Syrian security forces ride on a back of a truck after Syrian troops entered the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday following two days of clashes, in Sweida, Syria July 15, 2025.

Israel's decisive Syria strikes highlight need for intervention in preventing genocides - analysis

For many Jews, the images of Druze men having their mustaches forcibly shaved conjure up memories of the Holocaust.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.

Where are the missing Yazidis? Thousands still held captive after ISIS attacks

After a decade of ISIS terrorism on the Yazidis in Iraq, a global network of activists, survivors, and volunteers continue their efforts to locate those still missing.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Displaced Yazidi women protest outside the headquarters of the UN Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), north of Baghdad, in 2015.

Prosecutors seek 8 years for Dutch woman accused of keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria

She had told judges earlier in the trial that she moved from the Netherlands to Islamic State-held territory in Syria in 2015 with her young son to try to change her life for the better.

|ByREUTERS

From Iraq to Israel to learn medical clowning

"The impact of war on children is devastating and its effects can last for decades after hostilities have ceased.”

JULY 1, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Yazidi Participants learn medical clowning

Yazidis who saw genocide still insecure in Iraq's Sinjar region

For Yazidis, stability appears far off.

JUNE 3, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Displaced people from the minority Yazidis rest Monday near Iraq’s border with Syria while fleeing Sunni militants.

Netanyahu, please help the Yazidi people

Over 3,000 Yazidi women and girls remain enslaved throughout the Middle East.

MAY 30, 2018ByRACHEL AVRAHAM
YAZIDI STUDENTS play last month near the psychotherapy center in the Rawanga camp in Iraq.

Kurds attacked in Greek camp, accused of not fasting on Ramadan

The Moria camp on Lesbos has been the center of brawls before between refugees who are stuffed into a facility of 7,000 inhabitants that has been operating at 300% of capacity for months.

MAY 27, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Syrian refugee boy stands in front of his family tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants next to the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Yazidis in Sinjar will suffer losses in Iraqi elections

The aftershocks of the war against ISIS can still be felt in Sinjar.

APRIL 28, 2018ByNASER BASHA KHALAF
DESTROYED BUILDINGS in the city of Sinjar. There has been no reconstruction of Yazidi communities.

Yazidis' fate still hangs in the balance

A peaceful and non-aggressive people living in northern Iraq, Syria, Turkey and parts of Armenia and Georgia, they have quietly followed their faith for millennia. They have never harmed anyone.

APRIL 11, 2018ByKHALAF DAKHEEL
A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, who was kidnapped by Islamic State militants of Tal Afar but managed to flee, reacts in Duhok province, northern Iraq, November 24, 2016.

After pivotal role saving Yazidis from ISIS, PKK leaves Sinjar

With the PKK gone, it is unclear what comes next. Threats of a Turkish campaign may be reduced, but the presence of Shi’ite militias and the uncertainty looming over the Yazidis does not bode well.

APRIL 4, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
YAZIDI FIGHTERS secure a road on Mount Sinjar on Wednesday that their displaced brethren use to escape to Newrooz camp in Syria’s Hasakah province.

Yazidis who once fled ISIS now flee Turkish offensive

“Many Yazidis are hesitant to leave Afrin because they think they won’t ever be able to return.”

MARCH 16, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
YAZIDI STUDENTS play last month near the psychotherapy center in the Rawanga camp in Iraq.

Jilan’s story – a Yazidi girl who chose to take her life

Jilan had been taken to Ba’aj where an ISIS leader took her as his sex slave.

FEBRUARY 7, 2018ByKHALAF DAKHEEL
Yazidi refugees flee for their lives from Islamic State forces near the Syrian border, August 11.

Yazidi women suffer from complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Although ISIS no longer poses a threat to them, they still feel less safe, and their current living conditions may exacerbate their symptoms.

JANUARY 31, 2018ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, who was kidnapped by Islamic State militants of Tal Afar but managed to flee, reacts in Duhok province, northern Iraq, November 24, 2016.