Refugee yazidi families returned back to their area of origin ‘Sinjar’
“Yazidi families from the district of Sinjar, northern Iraq, have returned home after four years of refugee” said the media department of the Iraqi security this Tuesday. A statement by the department revealed that 13 Yazidi families, consisting of 70 individuals, have returned to Sinjar after fleeing from the so-
called Islamic State (IS) in 2014 to Syria. These families were living in Nawroz refugee camp in Syria.
IS drove thousands of Yazidis from Sinjar with many of them fleeing to different cities in Iraq’s
Kurdistan region and nearby Syrian cities.
According to latest statisticss by the Kurdistan government, recognized by the UN, there were around 550,000 Yazidis in Iraq, out of that 360,000 escaping IS terror and live in displacement, and around 1,293 people were killed in the initial attacks carried by the IS groups.
The statistics revealed around 80 mass graves were discovered in Sinjar region while IS managed to destroy 68 shrines and temples belonging to the Yazidis. Around 100,000 Yazidis have immigrated, indicated the Kurdistan government while 6,417 people were abducted by IS, while 2,941 individuals are still missing or in captivity. Despite the IS defeat, millions of Iraqis are still displaced.
The Iraqi government still trying their best to bring people back to their homes from displacement.
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Refugee yazidi families returned back to their area of origin ‘Sinjar’
“Yazidi families from the district of Sinjar, northern Iraq, have returned home after four years of refugee” said the media department of the Iraqi security this Tuesday. A statement by the department revealed that 13 Yazidi families, consisting of 70 individuals, have returned to Sinjar after fleeing from the so-
called Islamic State (IS) in 2014 to Syria. These families were living in Nawroz refugee camp in Syria.
IS drove thousands of Yazidis from Sinjar with many of them fleeing to different cities in Iraq’s
Kurdistan region and nearby Syrian cities.
According to latest statisticss by the Kurdistan government, recognized by the UN, there were around 550,000 Yazidis in Iraq, out of that 360,000 escaping IS terror and live in displacement, and around 1,293 people were killed in the initial attacks carried by the IS groups.
The statistics revealed around 80 mass graves were discovered in Sinjar region while IS managed to destroy 68 shrines and temples belonging to the Yazidis. Around 100,000 Yazidis have immigrated, indicated the Kurdistan government while 6,417 people were abducted by IS, while 2,941 individuals are still missing or in captivity. Despite the IS defeat, millions of Iraqis are still displaced.
The Iraqi government still trying their best to bring people back to their homes from displacement.
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