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Yazidis in Syria live primarily in two communities, one in the Al-Jazira area and the other in the Kurd-Dagh. [26] Population numbers for the Syrian Yazidi community are unclear. In 1963, the community was estimated at 10,000, according to the national census, but numbers for 1987 were unavailable. [185]
The Alawite Muslim community, a minority Islamic sect and the community of the Assad family, ... Yazidis, too, have consistently faced violence on account of their unique beliefs. Maintaining a ...
In 1963, the community was estimated at 10,000, according to the national census, but numbers for 1987 were unavailable. [5] There may be between about 12,000 and 15,000 Yazidis in Syria today. [1] [6] Since 2014, more Yazidis from Iraq have sought refuge in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria to escape the genocide of Yazidis ...
When Rihan Ismail returned to her family’s home in the heartland of her Yazidi community, she was sure she was coming back for good. Islamic State militants had abducted then-adolescent Ismail ...
Yazidi community leaders and Iraqi politicians met Thursday in Baghdad to commemorate the fifth anniversary of IS rampaging through the Sinjar region in northern Iraq in Aug 2014. The militants ...
The Assyrians form a multi-denominational Christian minority, mainly in northeastern Syria, where they have been indigenous since the Bronze Age. Muslim minority groups Kurds (Sunni, although a number of Kurds follow the Yarsan religion, Yezidi religion or are converts to Christianity. Arabic-speaking or Turkmen Alawis [6] Sunni and Alevi Turkmens
Kurdish authorities refused to implement the closure order, saying that the areas the displaced people fled from — in particular, the remote district of Sinjar, the historic homeland of the ...
Yazidis in Armenia (Armenian: Եզդիները Հայաստանում; [4] Kurdish: Êzîdiyên Ermenistanê [5]) are Yazidis who live in Armenia, where they form the largest ethnic minority. Yazidis settled in the territory of modern-day Armenia mainly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, fleeing religious persecution by the Ottoman Empire .