Today, I can’t help but think of how our fellow Iraqis, our neighbors, and people from all around the world joined ISIS and came to destroy these innocent lives, shattering families forever. They killed men, enslaved women, and took young girls into sexual slavery. They forced

Another tragic remembrance in the month of August. Eighteen years ago, on 14 August 2007, the two Ezidi complexes (Qahtaniyah and Siba Sheikh Khidir) in Sinjar were turned into mass graves in a single afternoon. Four truck bombs — planted by al-Qaeda in Iraq — tore through

🎧 Eleven years on from the Yazidi genocide in Sinjar, the road to full recovery continues Check out the 1st episode of IOM Iraq’s On the Move podcast, where our experts share insights on the progress made & the work that still lies ahead Full version: bit.ly/4mlkcuc

Kojo Massacre 💔 11 years ago today, our people in Kojo faced death in a very horrific way. 1S1S came, surrounded the village, and gave an order no human should ever hear: convert or die. When the Ezidis refused, they took the men away in groups — to fields, to schoolyards, to

SHE WAS ONLY 23 DAYS OLD WHEN 1S1S KILLED HER IN KOJO💔 Born on July 23 Killed on August 15 Not even a month on this earth — no first smile, no first word, no chance to live. What faith, what belief, could ever justify killing a newborn? Her story is just one among hundreds

“Today is slave market day. I want a blue-eyed Ezidi girl, the younger the better’’ This was the language of 1S1S when they enslaved Ezidi women and girls. Our sisters and daughters were bought and sold in open markets—sometimes priced at the cost of a Glock pistol, sometimes

Grateful to my colleague Mr. Bandar and to Al Arabiya Channel for highlighting our meetings and activities through the IVLP program with the U.S. Department of State. بندر العويمري العربية السعودية العربية

The Ezidi Genocide by 1S1S: A Wound That Never Heals and everyone should know about it 💔 The images you see here speak to one of the darkest chapters of our time—the genocide of the Ezidi people at the hands of 1S1S. 🔹 Top left: A mass grave unearthed in Sinjar, where Ezidis

The recent decision to withdraw U.S. troops from bases in Iraq raises urgent concerns for the future of religious and ethnic minorities—especially the Ezidi community in Sinjar. For many Iraqis, the presence of international forces has acted as a fragile buffer against extremist

Eleven years ago, in these very days, our lives changed forever. Hundreds of thousands of us Ezidis fled from Sinjar Mountain, escaping the terror of 1S1S. My own family and I were among those who walked for days, exhausted and hopeless, toward the Syrian border. Many of us

Thank you so much dear friend Turkiya, we try our best to deliver the message of our people wherever we go. I really appreciate your motivation and support 🙏.

She chose to end her life rather than be touched by ISIS. A statue of the Yezidi woman “Jilan Barjas” was raised to honor her memory, in the presence of the public. Her courage lives on as a voice of dignity, freedom, and resistance for her people and for all humanity.

An Ezidi family needs your support if not then they will all die together…‼️ Four members of this Ezidi family are fighting cancer while living in a tent in one of the IDP camps in Kurdistan Region. They survived the 1S1S genocide, but eleven years later they are still trapped

Just an update on this case: Thankfully the Governor of Nineveh, Abdul Qader al-Dakhil, took this kind initiative in supporting this Ezidi family and covering their treatment.

1S1S fighters have recently killed a shepherd in the Baaj region, near Sinjar. This tragic incident is a clear reminder that 1S1S is not finished — their sleeper cells remain active and dangerous. With the recent news of the international coalition’s withdrawal from Iraq, the

US confirms killing of senior 1S leader in northwest Syria The United States military on Friday confirmed their forces killed a senior Islamic State (ISIS) member in northwest Syria’s Idlib province earlier this week, originally reported by Syrian media. In a statement US

The U.S. Embassy in Iraq expressed concern over the activities of 1S1S and al-Qaeda in the region following the withdrawal of coalition forces. This is what I talked about, there is a threat on the religious minorities including Ezidis.