Civilians flee from their ISIL or Daesh-held frontline village to a Kurdish-controlled area on November 16, 2015 to Sinjar, Iraq. Peshmerga forces...
Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains as they tried to escape from Islamic State forces, are rescued by Kurdish Peshmerga forces and...
Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains as they tried to escape from Islamic State forces, are rescued by Kurdish Peshmerga forces and...
Thousands of Iraqis flee from the town of Sinjar, near the city of Mosul, to Erbil and Dohuk after armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State of...
Yazidis work to lift an engine to salvage it from the rubble of an auto repair shop destroyed by an airstrike on November 16, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq....
Kurdish Peshmerga soldier searches for weapons in the rubble of an airstrike near a mosque on November 16, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces, with...
Iraqi Kurdish forces attend a flag-raising ceremony at a post office destroyed by an airstrike on November 16, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces,...
Peshmerga soldier walk to place a Kurdish flag near the frontline with ISIL on November 16, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces, with the aid of...
Woman from an Arabic family cries after her family was rejected to enter a Kurdish-controlled area from an ISIS-held village on November 16, 2015...
Girl bundles against the cold while fleeing an ISIL or Daesh-held frontline village on November 16, 2015 to Sinjar, Iraq. Peshmerga forces carefully...
Peshmerga fighter assists families fleeing their frontline village to a Kurdish-controlled area on November 16, 2015 near Sinjar, Iraq. Peshmerga...
Woman from an Arabic family cries after her family was rejected to enter a Kurdish-controlled area from an ISIS-held village on November 16, 2015...
Suspected ISIL or Daesh are detained by Kurdish Peshmerga forces after they fled their frontline village to a Kurdish-controlled area on November 16,...
Kurdish Peshmerga show what they say is a mass grave of more than 50 Yazidis killed by ISIL on November 15, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces,...
Yazidi soldiers cheer a fallen comrade on November 15, 2015 near Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces, with the aid of massive U.S.-led coalition airstrikes,...
Peshmerga forces take positions on November 15, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces, with the aid of massive U.S.-led coalition airstrikes,...
Kurdish Peshmerga soldier passes by tires set afire days before by ISIL extremists to hinder airstrikes on November 15, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish...
Former Yazidi resident Khalaf Halti walks through the rubble of his neighborhood on November 15, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces, with the aid...
Yazidi refugees celebrating news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from ISIL extremists on November 13, 2015 in Derek, Rojava, Syria....
Yazidi refugees celebrate news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from ISIL extremists, while at a refugee camp on November 13, 2015 in...
Yazidi refugees celebrate news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from ISIL extremists, while at a refugee camp on November 13, 2015 in...
Yazidi refugees celebrate news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from ISIL extremists, while at a refugee camp on November 13, 2015 in...
Peshmerga fighters departed from the Zommar district arrive Sinun town of Sinjar district of Mosul, to fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant...
Peshmerga fighters attack Islamic State of Iraq and Levant with missiles during the clashes in Sinun district of Mosul, northern Iraq as Peshmerga...
Peshmerga fighters attack Islamic State of Iraq and Levant with missiles during the clashes in Sinun district of Mosul, northern Iraq as Peshmerga...
Photographer, Adam Ferguson , and New York Times reporter Alissa J. Rubin , injured in a helicopter crash in Sinjar, have been transferred to...
Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains without food and water for days, due to the Islamic State violence, formerly known as Islamic...
Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains without food and water for days as they tried to escape from Islamic State forces, are rescued...
Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains without food and water for days as they tried to escape from Islamic State forces, are rescued...
Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains without food and water for days as they tried to escape from Islamic State forces, are rescued...
Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains without food and water for days as they tried to escape from Islamic State forces, are rescued...
Satellite view of Sinjar on August 3, 2014 in Sjinar, Iraq. Thousands of Iraqis fled the town after armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State...
Thousands of Iraqis flee from the town of Sinjar, near the city of Mosul, to Erbil and Dohuk after armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State of...
Iraqi Yazidis flee from Sinjar due to attacks of army groups led by Islamic State in Zakho district of Dohuk on August 3, 2014. Peshmergas check the...
Kurdish peshmerga forces keep guard around Tal Afar of Mosul where ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, took hold and cover with fire the...
Many Tal Afar residents, ethnic minority Shiite Turkmen, fled to Sinjar, a town in northwestern Iraq, and took shelter in the school buildings, due...
In this handout photo Spc. David McCorkle of the 318th Tactical Psychological Operations Battalion poses with an orphaned Iraqi boy near the shop...
An Iraqi border guard looks through binoculars as he keeps an eye on the Iraqi/Syrian border October 31, 2003 just west of Sinjar, Iraq. U.S....
An Iraqi border guard looks from the watch tower into Syria from Iraq October 31, 2003 just west of Sinjar, Iraq. U.S. President George W. Bush said...
Actress Nora Navas attends the 'Sinjar' photocall during the 25th Malaga Film Festival day 5 on March 22, 2022 in Malaga, Spain.
Yezidi Shaykh of Sinjar', circa 1906-1913, . Yazidi sheikh from Sinjar, . From "The Caliphs' Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by...
Sinjar city remains severely damaged and deserted 16 months after islamic State militants were pushed out.
Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014....
Tens of thousands of Yezidi cross a bridge from Syria back into Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious group in Iraq--have...
Muhsin Miro, a 20 year Peshmerga army veteran, patrolling the now ruined city of Sinjar in Kurdistan. Here he walks in a ransacked former Yazidi...
15h August 2014: Displaced Yazidi refugees who fled genocide from Sinjar wait in limbo at Bajid Kandal refugee camp in Iraq's Dohuk province on...
Yazidis at Zakho refugee camp seen holding a banner on the anniversary of the yazidi genocide in Sinyar. On August 3 the Islamic State destroyed the...
Yazidi women seen holding pictures of their beloved ones during the anniversary of the yazidi genocide. On August 3 the Islamic State destroyed the...
October 2016 - Sinjar, Iraq. Ruins of the city. Sinjar city had a mixed population of yazidi, muslims kurds and Christians. The city was invaded by...
An Iraqi Yazidi family from the al jazeera village in Sinjar arrives at the Bajid Kandal camp after spending four days at the Nowruz camp in Syria...
Tens of thousdans of Yezidi cross from Syria back into Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious group in Iraq--have made there...
August 2022, Iraq, Lalish: Yazidis take part in an event at Lalish temple to mark the eighth anniversary of the Yazidi genocide carried out by the...
Thomas was the only child to make it out alive. He was carried out by a surrendering ISIL fighter. Thomas, an 11-year old Yazidi boy from Shingal,...
Yazidi cemeteries have mausoleums with distinctive conical roofs intended to symbolize the journey from Earth to Heaven. The Yazidis of Kurdish...
Jan 2016 - Sinjar, Iraq. Kurds Peshmerga walks through the ruins of the city which had a mixed population of yazidi and muslims kurds. The city has...
Soldiers with Kurdish militias in Sinjar, Iraq, celebrating the birthday of Abdullah Ocalan, a Kurdish nationalist leader and one of the founding...
Men carry a Yezidi woman who fainted after crossing from Syria back into Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious group in...
Men carry a Yezidi woman who fainted after crossing from Syria back into Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious group in...
Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains as they tried to escape from Islamic State forces, are rescued by Kurdish peshmerga forces and...
January 2024, Iraq, Baghdad: Relatives cry as the remains of 41 Yazidis, who were found in a mass grave in the Sinjar district, are transported...
View of the funeral ceremony held at the Al-Shaheed Monument for 41 victims of Daesh/ISIS killed years ago in the Sinjar district after their...
Soldier stands in front of a painted flower in the destroyed city center of Sinjar. March 09, 2023 in Sinjar, Iraq.
Peshmerga and civilians walk among the ruins of the devastated town of Sinjar after its liberation. They are covering their noses because of the...
Jan 2016 - Sinjar, Iraq. A PKK commander taking a break with also YBS troops at their headquarter in the city while a fighter observers ISIS/Daesh...
October 2016 - Sinjar, Iraq. Ruins of the city. Sinjar city had a mixed population of yazidi, muslims kurds and Christians. The city was invaded by...
October 2016 - Sinjar, Iraq. Ruins of the city. Sinjar city had a mixed population of yazidi, muslims kurds and Christians. The city was invaded by...
Mahabat, an Iraqi Yazidi woman from Siba Sheikh Khadir village in Sinjar, sits with two of her five children while waiting to receive a tent from the...
Haso an Iraqi Yazidi laborer who was displaced along with his family from a Yazidi village in Sinjar, sits with his family in the Bajid Kandal camp,...
Soldiers with Kurdish militias in Sinjar, Iraq, celebrating the birthday of Abdullah Ocalan, a Kurdish nationalist leader and one of the founding...
Soldiers with Kurdish militias in Sinjar, Iraq, celebrating the birthday of Abdullah Ocalan, a Kurdish nationalist leader and one of the founding...
Sharia camp in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan, Iraq on 29 May 2016 for internally displaced people home to some 19,000 Yazidis, who fled from Sinjar as...
Tens of thousands of Yezidi cross from Syria back into Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious group in Iraq--have made there...
Yezidi boy carries his younger brother to shelter after crossing from Syria back into Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious...
Yezidi woman breaks down in tears after crossing from Syria back into Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious group in...
Yezidi father carries his daughter from Syria back into Iraq. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious group in Iraq--have made there...
Yezidi man carries a young woman into Iraq from Syrian border. Tens of thousands of Yezidi--an minority ethno-religious group in Iraq--have made...
Portrait of a member of the Iraqi autonomous Kurdish region's peshmerga forces arrives to inspect the liberated city of Sinjar, on November 14, 2015....
Muhsin Miro, a 20 year Peshmerga army veteran, patrolling the now ruined city of Sinjar in Kurdistan. He stands in Sinjar's former sports complex...
