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Possible Genocide Against the Yezidi

Dates: August 2014

Location: Kurdistan Region of Iraq
(Middle East)

Perpetrators: Islamic State (ISIS)

Victims: Ethnic Yezidi

Number Killed: More than 1,000
No one knows the exact number of Yezidis that have been killed by ISIS. Mass graves are still being uncovered

Number of Refugees/IDPs: Tens of thousands

‘Convert or Die’ Stranded Yazidi Refugees on ISIS Threats (3:53)
Yazidi Refugees: A Desperate Struggle (2:56)
Even With Hometown Liberated, Yazidi Refugees Fear Return (1:39)