Category: Yazidi

Holding Islamic State Terrorists Accountable for the Yazidi Genocide in Iraq

Commentary In early May, the U.N. released a report updating its investigation into the horrid crimes perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terrorists against almost every group in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. The goal of the investigation is bold—to hold accountable the ISIS thugs who committed the atrocities. For several reasons,…


Yazidis Issue Open Letter to Pope Francis, Ask for Advocacy and a Meeting

VATICAN CITY—Civil and religious leaders of the Yazidi people have issued an open letter to Pope Francis, on the eve of his historic trip to Iraq. Seven years have passed since harrowing reports began to trickle out of ISIS controlled Iraq, detailing genocide of an ethnic and religious minority people, who have claimed thousands of…