Here's Why ISIS Is Targeting Yazidi People
Behind The Scenes With Cirque du Soleil's Superhuman Performers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOHvIfmpZpU&t=6s Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml The Yazidi people have faced a reign...
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In November 2016, two mass graves holding at least 18 Yazidi people were found near Mosul, Iraq. These are two of an estimated 40 such graves authorities expect to uncover as they seize the region back from the Islamic State. Since overtaking large portions of Iraq in 2014, ISIS has systematically killed thousands of Yazidi people, in a reign of terror the UN has called a genocide. So who are the Yazidi people? Well, the Yazidis are a religious and ethnic minority, with as many as 700,000 worldwide, a vast majority of whom live in northern Iraq. Most consider themselves ethnically Kurdish, and speak the language. But while Iraqi Kurds tend to follow Sunni Islam, Yazidis adhere to their own religion, which combines aspects of Islam, Christianity, and Zoroastria...
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In November 2016, two mass graves holding at least 18 Yazidi people were found near Mosul, Iraq. These are two of an estimated 40 such graves authorities expect to uncover as they seize the region back from the Islamic State. Since overtaking large portions of Iraq in 2014, ISIS has systematically killed thousands of Yazidi people, in a reign of terror the UN has called a genocide. So who are the Yazidi people? Well, the Yazidis are a religious and ethnic minority, with as many as 700,000 worldwide, a vast majority of whom live in northern Iraq. Most consider themselves ethnically Kurdish, and speak the language. But while Iraqi Kurds tend to follow Sunni Islam, Yazidis adhere to their own religion, which combines aspects of Islam, Christianity, and Zoroastria...
