U.S. assistance enabling Iraq’s Yezidis to return safely to their ancestral homelands

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SUMMARY: Salwa and her family fled the Yezidi village of Khinsor for the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in 2014 to escape the savage wrath of ISIS, which was slaughtering and kidnapping thousands of Yezidis as the group swept across Iraq’s Ninewa Province. Salwa’s car broke down shortly after she and her family escaped Khinsor, forcing them to walk for over a day with their worldly possessions strapped to their backs before reaching safe haven in the IKR. While Salwa and her family survived ISIS mortar and rocket fire as they fled, ISIS savagely murdered more than 300 people from their village. Beyond Khinsor and across Ninewa, ISIS killed more than 3,000 Yezidis and took at least 6,000 Yezidis hostage as sex slaves or child soldiers, half of whom remain missing.


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Published: Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Last Updated: Thursday, November 2, 2023

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