Yazidis
VICE News Capsule - Monday, August 3
Iraqi protesters call for rescue of Yazidi women and girls, UN peacekeeper killed in the Central African Republic, Pakistan frees imprisoned Indian fishermen, and Yemen's water shortage is worsening.
Life After Islamic State Massacres: The Road to Mosul (Part 2)
In part two of a three-part series, VICE News follows Yazidi militia aligned with peshmerga forces as they explore the devastation that the Islamic State brought to their communities.
Pinned Down by the Islamic State: The Road to Mosul (Part 1)
In part one of a three-part series, VICE News embeds with Kurdish peshmerga fighters defending the hills above the Islamic State-held city of Sinjar.
VICE News Capsule - Wednesday, May 6
Burundi's government says it will release people detained during protests, nearly half a ton of cocaine found hidden in shipments in Berlin, Yazidi children struggle to learn in refugee camp classrooms, and looking to crude for cures in Croatia.
Horrific New Reports of the Islamic State's Rape and Sexual Violence Intensify Calls for Action
A report by Human Rights Watch on the fate of Yazidi women kidnapped by the Islamic State in 2014 states that girls as young as 12 are raped, beaten, and sold among members of the terror group.
Sorry, Kurds, Canada Has No Guns to Give
The Minister of Defence says the Canadian military might ferry another country's arms to the Peshmerga fighters, but its shelves are bare.
VICE News Capsule - Monday, February 9
Kurdish peshmerga give weapons to Yazidi men, US delivers $25 million in military equipment to Lebanon, Honduras helps poor families with the costs of burying loved ones, and authorities in Washington, DC, are struggling to keep homeless families...
New Report Details the Nightmare Faced by Yazidi Women Captured by the Islamic State
A new Amnesty International report says hundreds — perhaps thousands — of Yazidi women held by the Islamic State are subjected to rape, torture, and forced marriages.
London’s Kurds Marched to Convince the World to Save Their Homeland from the Islamic State
The demonstrators were furious that the international community has so far seemed unconcerned with the fate of their people.
Women Abducted by the Islamic State Feared Trapped in Sexual Slavery
Islamic State authorities attempt to validate rape and forced marriage by way of an antiquated literal interpretation of passages of the Qur’an.
Were 'Devil Worshipper' Yazidis There for the Birth of Human Culture?
As well as the attempted annihilation of an ethnic group, it’s also their religion IS want to destroy. One of the strangest survivals throughout the entirety of human culture, their faith has been viewed as so subversive and unsettling that it’s...
The Chinese Government Advises Villagers in Xinjiang to Fight Terrorism with ‘Angry Stares’
And more news from around the world.