An Iraqi official in Baghdad has claimed that hundreds of foreign fighters are currently fighting in Mosul in Northern Iraq. The senior Iraqi official who spoke on condition of anonymity said that since the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) captured Mosul and...
Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) Militants have captured the Yazidi-majority town of Sinjar, north of Mosul, and the extremist group starts killing Yazidis. According to a BasNews correspondent in Sinjar, ISIS Militants has so far killed 30 Yazidis for not...
Yazidis from Iraqi Kurdistan have taken part in three protests against the recent actions of Islamic State (IS) Militants against Yazidis in Sinjar. On Monday, tens of Kurdish Yazidis protested in front of the Kurdistan Parliament in Erbil the capital of Iraqi...
Since Sunday when Islam State (IS) captured Sinjar the Yazidi-majority city from the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, about 200,000 people have fled the district. Local residents and eyewitnesses told BasNews that most of the people fled to Sinjar Mountain, and others are...
Since 1950s consecutive governments in Syria including the current regime have been systematically violating human rights and committing ethnic cleansing, humiliating and discriminatory measures against Kurds. Under the Ba’ath’s rule, Syrian authorities continued to...
Appel à la communauté internationale pour sauver les chrétiens d’Irak Depuis quelques semaines – et particulièrement ces derniers jours –, une population entière de chrétiens d’Irak fait l’objet d’une extermination ethnique et religieuse déclarée, au nom de...
