YJS commander Dersim Baran stated that they fulfilled their duty in Raqqa and that they handed over the rescued hostages to the SDF. With their camp based at Mount Shingal and at the Iraqi – Syrian boder, however, the YJS may not have much time to enjoy peace. In September 2017 YAZDA released a report […]
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Fighters of the Yezidi Shengal Women’s Units returned to Mount Shingal and an uncertain future
Clashes erupt between Iraq’s Shi’ite Hashd al-Shaabi and Yezidi Shingal Protection Units
nsnbc : Fighting has broken out between the primarily Yetzidi and Kurdish Shingal Protection Units (YBS) and the Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi near Shingal, resulting in […]
Iraqi Yezidi families given property deeds in UN-Germany program
nsnbc : Hundreds of Yezidi families in Iraq were given the ownership deeds of their homes for the first time in modern history in a […]
Iraq’s Yezidi community in Nineveh formed Yezidi Democratic Party
nsnbc : Members of the Yezidi community around Shingal and Iraq’s Nineveh province formed the Yezidi Democratic Party (YDP) during its first congress in […]
Turkey-backed “rebels” kidnapped and displaced hundreds of Yezidi Kurds: KNC
nsnbc : Syria’s Kurdish National Council, on Monday, said rebel groups backed by Turkey displaced hundreds of non-combatant, civilian Yezidi from the village of […]