But Islamic State soldiers stormed Yazidi towns in the region, killing or kidnapping most of the ethno-religious minority. "They kidnapped our girls and women to use as sexual slaves," Mr Sheebo said.

On August 3, 2014, Daesh (also known as ISIS, ISIL, or IS) launched a devastating attack on Sinjar, inflicting widespread atrocities on the Yazidi community, an ethno-religious numeric minority ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted a woman of crimes against humanity for keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria and sentenced her to 10 years in prison. The Hague ...

Sharya (Iraq) (AFP) – Her family had lost hope she would ever return after Islamic State fighters took her and thousands of other Yazidi women and girls as sex slaves from Iraq into Syria during ...

Two of the buildings were used by IS to imprison captured Yazidi women so that fighters could sexually abuse and exploit them, according to Wednesday's statement, which listed aiding and abetting ...

Since arriving in Australia in 2019, Saadoun Barakat has forged his place as a prominent entertainer within Toowoomba's Yazidi community. Yazidi refugee Saadoun Barakat has used his love and ...