As global attention shifts and international aid disappears, many survivors of the ISIS assault feel forgotten.

A parliamentary committee will hold its third meeting on the terror-free Türkiye initiative on Tuesday, while reports have ...

Mount Sinjar rises from the arid plains of northwestern Iraq like a grassy sentinel — ancient, scarred, and unyielding. Today ...

August 3, 2025, marks the 11th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide - genocide perpetrated by Daesh (also known as ISIS, ISIL, ...

The plight of Iraq's Yazidis 19 photos Many were killed or abducted by the militants near the Syrian-Iraqi border, but approximately 50,000 became trapped in the rugged Sinjar mountains.

One Year on From the Sinjar Massacre, Yazidis Blast Lack of Action Over Hostages Published Aug 05, 2015 at 10:26 AM EDT Updated Apr 12, 2016 at 1:15 AM EDT ...

Sinjar, IRAQ—Atop a hill overlooking this Northern Iraqi town, the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, President Masoud Barzani, positions himself behind a podium constructed of sandbags.

Kurds Launch Offensive to Retake Sinjar From ISIS Thousands of Kurdish fighters began a military operation against Islamic State on Thursday, according to a Kurdish government announcement.

Plumes of smoke blackened the sky above Sinjar as Kurdish forces, backed by intense coalition air support, tried Thursday to take back the northern Iraqi town from ISIS. The operation includes up ...

A force of some 7,000 Kurds says it has wrested control of Sinjar from ISIS, ending in a few days an occupation that had lasted 15 months. The northern Iraqi town is a key junction in the ISIS ...

Kurdish forces have taken back the Iraqi city of Sinjar, after over 15 months of Islamic State occupation. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Kesling about the situation.