Yazidi genocide
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yazidi-genocide-189-9077920
title:
Yazidi genocide
text:
The Yazidi genocide was perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017. It was characterized by massacres, genocidal rape, and forced conversions to Islam. The Yazidi people, who are non-Arabs, are indigenous to Kurdistan and adhere to Yazidism, which is an Iranian religion derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. Over a period of three years, Islamic State militants trafficked thousands of Yazidi women and girls and killed thousands of Yazidi men; the United Nations re
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description:
2014 ethnic cleansing and genocide campaign by the Islamic State in Sinjar, northern Iraq
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi_genocide
date created:
2014-08-08T00:54:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T10:35:12Z
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