
As the cheer of victory over the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) begins to dim in newly liberated Sinjar, Iraq, Kurdish Peshmerga forces and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have begun the work of rebuilding a city ravaged by the terrorist group. On Thursday, KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani announced plans to return electricity to Sinjar.
by Frances Martel20 Nov 2015, 9:46 AM PST0

After more than a year under the control of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), Kurdish Peshmerga forces have liberated Sinjar City. As the impromptu street parades end and the local Yazidi population slowly trickles back in, civilians must begin the arduous reconstruction of a city in ruins.
by Frances Martel16 Nov 2015, 11:28 AM PST0

Kurdish forces are reporting they have uncovered two mass graves while on patrol in Sinjar, Iraq, on Sunday, after liberating that city from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) control.
by Jordan Schachtel16 Nov 2015, 5:59 AM PST0

Kurdish forces have liberated the strategically important northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) after two-days of fighting, a Kurdish leader claims.
by Edwin Mora13 Nov 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

Kurdish forces and Yazidi fighters, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, have launched an offensive to seize back the strategically important Iraqi border town of Sinjar from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Edwin Mora13 Nov 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

After the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) captured Sinjar, the surviving Yazidis fled onto Mount Sinjar. A year later, those forced from their homes will do anything to take back everything stolen by the terrorist group.
by Mary Chastain9 Nov 2015, 2:24 PM PST0

SINJAR MOUNTAIN, Iraq– While the U.S. is claiming to be on the move against ISIS, the reality on the ground is that ISIS has brought in more than 100 vehicles as reinforcements in the Sinjar area alone, with an increase in heavy shelling by Islamic State on Sinjar Mountain.
by Tera Dahl3 Nov 2015, 9:24 AM PST0

Over 50 Yazidis attended a demonstration outside of the United Nations building in Erbil, Iraq, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, one year after the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) slaughtered thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar. Protesters demanded action against ISIS to help free the numerous females still held by the terrorist group.
by Mary Chastain4 Aug 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

SINJAR, Iraq– Yazidi men and women are taking up arms and joining the Peshmerga to help in defeating Islamic State, as thousands of refugees continue to take shelter on Sinjar Mountain, ten months after President Obama declared the mountain had evaded humanitarian disaster.
by Tera Dahl4 Jun 2015, 6:21 AM PST0

(AFP) — A radio station catering specifically to northern Iraq’s large displaced population began broadcasting on Sunday near the Kurdish capital Arbil.
by AFP7 Apr 2015, 7:03 AM PST0

The Yazidi fighters that have managed to oust the Islamic State from their home in Sinjar, northern Iraq, are clamoring for help in organizing their own militia, asserting that they cannot trust Arabs or even Kurdish Muslims after the massacre the tiny religious minority endured last summer.
by Frances Martel18 Mar 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

The government of the Czech Republic has sent 5,000 anti-tank missiles to Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters waging a fierce battle against Islamic State jihadists on the ground, Kurdish news agency Bas News reports. Peshmerga forces, with the help of U.S.-led airstrikes, won
by Edwin Mora22 Dec 2014, 12:01 PM PST0