![]() ![]() ![]() Around 3,000 of the more than 6,000 kidnapped women and children are still missing, if not dead. So far only a few thousand Yezidis are reported to be back, out of almost 350,000 IDPs who live in a transitory state in camps in areas administered by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Sinjar was liberated from IS in 2015, but restrictions, infrastructural problems, and the presence of different armed groups make return very hard for civilians. Yezidis continue to endure an exceptionally vulnerable existence in Iraq. Tutku Ayhan, University of Central FloridaĬonflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) (rape and enslavement of Yezidi women) since the Islamic State’s (IS) 2014 genocidal campaign against the Yezidis of Sinjar has had an enduring impact on the community and the prospects for intra- and inter-communal reconciliation. This chapter is part of POMEPS Studies 35: Religion, Violence, and the State in Iraq. ![]()
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