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The Victims of an ISIS Massacre That Shocked the World Are Finally Being Buried
“We'll always remember what happened to our people, and I pray our loved ones finally find some peace.”
After Escape, Former ISIS Sex Slaves Find Hope in 'Rebaptism' Ceremony
Before the terror group enslaved its women, a Yazidi who had sex with someone outside the faith would be cast out—or worse. Survivors are now finding hope in a new ritual.
Canada reveals it resettled hundreds of Yazidi refugees who were persecuted by ISIS
It will take in 800 more members of the religious minority by the end of 2017.
ISIS is still holding nearly 2,000 Yazidi women as slaves
Since the Islamic State swept into Sinjar in August, 2014, the women have been treated as property of the group's fighters, who marry, trade, or sell them.
New Report Uncovers 35 Yazidi Mass Graves in Iraq
The Islamic State has massacred large numbers of the Yazidis, and forced others into sexual slavery.
Reclaiming Sinjar: Pushing Back the Islamic State
VICE News embedded with peshmerga forces as they retook Sinjar with the hopes of cutting off the resupply routes between Islamic State territory territory in Syria and Iraq.
Pushing Back the Islamic State (Trailer)
VICE News embedded with peshmerga forces as they retook Sinjar with the hopes of cutting off the resupply routes between Islamic State territory territory in Syria and Iraq.
This Army of Women is Fighting Against the Islamic State
The IS persecuted their people, now these warrior Yazidi women are ruining their virgin afterlife fantasies.
Yazidi Groups Plead With International Criminal Court to Prosecute ‘Genocide’ by Islamic State
Yazda International and Free Yazidi Foundation, backed by the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq, met with the ICC prosecutor today to present a new report outlining how IS fighters have slaughtered, enslaved, and raped Yazidis.
Warzones Risk Creating a Lost Generation of Children in the Middle East and North Africa
Violence and accompanying chaos in major conflict areas have kept more than 13 million children from attending school, potentially leaving a generation devoid of basic education.
'Jewish Schindler' Tells Critical Yazidi Leaders to Stop Talking About Him
Steve Maman, a Montreal businessman, claims that he and his non-profit group have rescued 128 Yazidis and Christians from enslavement by Islamic State militants. Yazidi leaders have asked him to back up his claims.