Discovering an ancient religion in the mountains of Iraq, specifically in Northern Iraq, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan, offers a unique perspective on a region often misunderstood. The Yazidis, known ...

The rights of one religious minority group are inherently connected to the rights of another. No one, anywhere in the world, has to look very far from their own doorstep to see groups in need of ...

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State freed around 350 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority on Saturday, delivering them to safety in the country's Kurdish north. Almost all those released were elderly, ...

BAGHDAD (AP) - Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by Sunni militants with "vicious plans," an Iraqi official said Friday, further underscoring the dire plight ...

Kurdish forces raised their flag Friday as they advanced into the center of the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, facing little resistance from Islamic State fighters who have held it for 15 months.

Nobel laureate and former jihadist captive Nadia Murad called on Iraq Wednesday to create a special team to investigate the fate of other members of her Yazidi minority kidnapped by the Islamic State ...

An image grab from a video reportedly released by IS and showing French jihadist Sabri Essid — - A French jihadist was sentenced to life in jail on Friday for involvement in Islamic State group ...

Baghdad -- On the international day dedicated to honoring the victims of genocide, the International Yazidi Foundation for Combating Genocide renewed attention to the suffering of Yazidis in Iraq, ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Hundreds of Yazidis from around the world flocked to a historic Yazidi village in southeastern ...