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Ezidis Endure Renewed Pain as Funding Halt Stalls Identification of ISIS Victims' Remains — 2026-07-11
Ezidis Endure Renewed Pain as Funding Halt Stalls Identification of ISIS Victims' Remains

School Dedicated to Preserving Ezidi (Yazidi) Mother Tongue

School Dedicated to Preserving Ezidi (Yazidi) Mother Tongue

A new school opened doors in Shingal (Sinjar) district with the goal of preserving the mother tongue and traditional dialect spoken by the Ezidi community....

Shingal Residents Pay Twice: 170-Kilometer Journey, 100,000 Dinars for Single Stamp

Shingal Residents Pay Twice: 170-Kilometer Journey, 100,000 Dinars for Single Stamp

For many residents of Shingal district, completing an official government transaction means traveling 170 kilometers and spending more than 100,000 Iraqi...

Dowry Should Be Cut in Half, Shingal (Sinjar) Tribes

Dowry Should Be Cut in Half, Shingal (Sinjar) Tribes

The tribes of Shingal district home for the non-Muslim Ezidis have demanded a cut in the dowry to half due to the rise in the price of gold. A meeting was...

10,000 Displaced Families Removed from Monthly Ration List

10,000 Displaced Families Removed from Monthly Ration List

The Iraqi Ministry of Commerce has removed 10,000 displaced families from the monthly food ration list, according to the internally displaced persons IDPs...

Urgent Appeal to Free Kidnapped Ezidis (Yazidis) in Syria

Urgent Appeal to Free Kidnapped Ezidis (Yazidis) in Syria

The recent events in Syria have once again brought the issue of the kidnapped Ezidis to the forefront. According to a member of the Iraqi parliament, around...

Center Issues 100 National Cards in Duhok Camp for Displaced

Center Issues 100 National Cards in Duhok Camp for Displaced

The first center for issuing national cards was opened in a camp for displaced persons in Duhok Northern Province, issuing 100 national cards per day,...

Nineveh Provincial Council Approves Budget, Seeks Fair Allocations per Regions

Nineveh Provincial Council Approves Budget, Seeks Fair Allocations per Regions

Nineveh's budget amounted to about 400 billion Iraqi dinars IQD (USD300M), including the petrodollar, reconstruction and development budget, which council...

Situation is under Control<br>Yabsha and PMF on alert on border with Syria

Situation is under Control
Yabsha and PMF on alert on border with Syria

The Iraqi army and the militant groups are mobilizing forces on the borders with Syria following the clashes in Aleppo. The Shingal (Sinjar) Resistance...

"It still Contains Remains,” Activist<br>Baghdad Ends Exhumation of Mass Grave for ISIS Victims

"It still Contains Remains,” Activist
Baghdad Ends Exhumation of Mass Grave for ISIS Victims

Activists claim that the remains of many victims are still buried in the Alo Antar pit in Tal Afar district of Nineveh Province while the Department of Mass...

Pro-Iran Christian and Kurdish parties compete for Duhok Christian Quota Seat

Pro-Iran Christian and Kurdish parties compete for Duhok Christian Quota Seat

Five candidates are competing to win the Christian quota seat in Duhok Northern Province of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament, two of whom represent the...

Boycott Front rejects new initiatives to resolve Nineveh Local Administration crisis

Boycott Front rejects new initiatives to resolve Nineveh Local Administration crisis

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Nineveh Unified (Muwahada) Coalition have rejected an initiative by the speaker of the Nineveh provincial...

Controversy over Draft Amendment to General Amnesty Law

Controversy over Draft Amendment to General Amnesty Law

A draft to amend the general amnesty law has sparked anger among the Ezidis (Yazidis) and other minorities in the Nineveh Plain. The draft is a "Sunni"...