Yazidis

Iraqi army helicopter takes off at a base in Sinjar, Iraq, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. 
Violence
Iraq’s Yazidis stuck in ‘tug-of-war’ between regional armed groups
Yazidi women
Yazidi woes drag on after ISIS defeat as religious persecution worsens globally
A Yazidi man stands by a field of green on a sunny day.
Conflict & Justice
Yazidi farmers return home to cultivate farmland after years in exile
Nadia Murad gestures with her hands against a blue sky.
Conflict & Justice
Yazidi women still fear ISIS months after their defeat
This is a combined composition with two portraits: Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad on the left and Denis Mukwege on the right.
Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize for combating sexual violence
Members of the Noh family in Ritsona refugee camp in Greece in May 2016.
Conflict
This Yazidi family escaped genocide in Iraq. Their next challenge is building a life in France.
Yazidi rebaptism ceremony in Iraq
Conflict
Photos: Yazidi women undergo a rebirth ceremony after ISIS enslavement
Children play with a kite at a shelter for displaced Yazidis on Mount Sinjar, northern Iraq.
Conflict
Years after US Iraq intervention, Yazidis are still seeking safety on a mountain
Mizgin, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, and her family are living with Rachel Miller's family for the year.
Conflict
For this Syrian Yazidi family and their Jewish hosts, Passover is a refugee story
Capt. Khatoon Khider, left, commander of the all-female Yazidi Sun Brigade, with her sister, Aliya, in a home near the city of Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, on Sept. 24.
Conflict
These Yazidi sisters took up arms to take revenge against ISIS
A girl from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014.
Global Scan
The US says the crisis for Yazidis in Iraq is over — but the UN disagrees
Displaced demonstrators from the minority Yazidi sect gather during a protest against militants of ISIS in Irbil on August 4, 2014.
Conflict
A trench is all that stands between ISIS and some Iraqi refugees