The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (By Matthew Barber)

The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (By Matthew Barber)

Following the closure of Yazda, a Yazidi humanitarian and human rights organization, by the KDP asa’ish (security police affiliated with Kurdistan’s largest political party, the Kurdistan Democratic Party) on January 2, 2017 in Dohuk, people have been asking many questions about why this

The Nineveh Plains and the Future of Minorities in Iraq (By Yousif Kalian)

The Nineveh Plains and the Future of Minorities in Iraq (By Yousif Kalian)

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) stormed northern Iraq and took over Mosul in the summer of 2014, it ran a parallel campaign of genocide against the minorities of the Nineveh Plains. For many of these groups, including Christians and