Shirin Haider faced two unpleasant options in the Islamic State group (IS). She either had to escape the IS alone or staying under the rule of the group with her two children. She forcefully and unwillingly chose the first one. The story of Shirin happened out of her will and preference, from| Kirkuknow
The decision of the Iraqi government to record lands and residential units in dozens of sub-districts and residential complexes in the district of Shingal (Sinjar), of Ninewa province, has brought joy to the hearts of the Ezidi community. This step is expected to encourage the displaced Ezidis to| Kirkuknow
There will be no security inspection for the Ezidi (Yazidi) internally displaced persons IDPs returning to their home town of Shingal district of Ninewa province and the refugees will be able to return to their homeland without the need for prior security permission. The Iraqi Prime Minister| Kirkuknow
The formation of a high committee to implement Article 140 of the constitution about the disputed territories between Baghdad and Erbil, the implementation of the Shingal (Sinjar) agreement, the return of Kurdish parties to the disputed territories and the formation of other forces for the| Kirkuknow
There are no Christian Internally Displaced Person IDP in the camps of Duhok Northern Province since almost half of them have migrated abroad and the rest live in different neighborhoods and areas of the province, few have returned to their war-torn region. According to KirkukNow's reporter, there| Kirkuknow
A group of Ezidi youths in the district of Shingal, home to the Ezidi community in Ninewa province, have been demonstrating since May 2, demanding the implementation of four main demands related to the deadlock in the district. The group, which has more than 50 members, meets every day from 5 to 6| Kirkuknow
The residents of Gir Ouzer (Al-Qahtaniya) sub-district of Shingal district must travel to Duhok to complete any state documents, while the district has two mayors and local administrations. A district governor and his entire administration have been stationed in Duhok province for several years,| Kirkuknow
Over 450 families were forced to leave their houses to escape fierce confrontations between the Iraqi army a militant group affiliated to Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK in the war-torn Shingal west of Ninewa province, local officials said. On May 2nd early in the morning, the first day of Eid,| Kirkuknow
Three months after its signing, none of the sections of the Erbil-Baghdad agreement on Shingal has been implemented. The agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Federal Government was penned on 1 October 2020 and meant to “return stability and normalising conditions in| Kirkuknow
Another 41 identified Ezidi (Yazidi) remains of victims slaughtered at the hands of the militants of Islamic State in Iraq and Levant ISIL were returned from Baghdad Forensic Medicine to Ninewa where it was received by their families and relatives in a public ceremony and properly laid to rest.| Kirkuknow
On the commemoration day of the massacre of the Ezidis at the Kocho village in Shingal district (west of Mosul City), two witnesses convey part of the gruesome details of what the villagers went through that day. The young survivor Basma Elias, who was kidnapped by ISIS for more than a year, was| Kirkuknow
A boy enslaved by the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS in 2014 was found in al-Hol camp in northern Syria and integrated into his family in an Internally Displaced Persons IDP camp in Duhok northern province. Ardawan Muhsin Khidir, now 15, has been rallied with his family on| Kirkuknow
Ezidi activists boost their efforts to put the issue of missing Ezidis, at the hand of the extremist jihadists of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS, in a legal framework by amendment of law of the Kurdistan parliament of Iraq. Law number 3 in 1999 issued by the Kurdish parliament| Kirkuknow
Iraqi parliament ratified a law for reparation of Ezidi, Tukrmen, Christian and Shabak women survivors of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS atrocities, Iraqi parliament media office said on Monday. The Ezidi Female Survivors Law referred to the Iraqi parliament by the Iraqi President Barham| Kirkuknow
The Federal Government has informed families of victims of ISIS that the exhumed remains of 104 persons from the village of Kocho will be returned to Shingal in February for reburial. The remains had been taken to Baghdad for identification. 104 have been identified so far. Naiyf Jaso,| Kirkuknow
The Iraqi Ministry of Education decided to close all its representations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR where 155,000 pupils will be deprived of studying. The Iraqi federal government decided to close all of its representations in the IKR including the representations of the Iraqi Ministry of| Kirkuknow
The internally displaced people IDPs residing in the camps of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region IKR have only six months to return to their areas, and in return they will receive a grant of four million Iraqi dinars IQD (USD2,700), in addition to providing household supplies, job opportunities, and| Kirkuknow
Fadil Nader hoped for the best in returning to his homeland and did not want to leave it again due to unemployment and deteriorating services, but in the end he was forced to head back to Internally Displaced Persons IDPs camp. Nader, a father of three children, decided to return to the camp for| Kirkuknow
Another 89 displaced families returned to their hometown of al-Qahtaniyah sub-district (Tal Uzair) of Shingal district, Ninewa province, last month, after eight years they spent in the Sardasht camp for the displaced in Mount Shingal. According to the plans of the government and the International| Kirkuknow
The IDPs residing the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq KRI will not be able to obtain the financial assistance that was distributed to them by United Nations UN organizations as emergency grants. After the attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS in 2014 and the wave of| Kirkuknow
There are only five doctors in hospitals and health centers of the war-torn Shingal district center, its sub-districts and villages, most of it fully operating only two days a week. The statistics of the Iraqi Ministry of Planning indicate that the population of the district is more than 334,000| Kirkuknow
Hussein Saeed considers the German parliament's decision to recognize the crimes of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS against the Ezidis as a great support and believes that the next stages are more important, especially the compensation and normalization of the situation in the| Kirkuknow
People of Shingal (Sinjar) who left whom following the emergence of the extremist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS in 2014 and currently living under tents in camps for internally displaced Persons IDP are willing to return to their homeland on several conditions, including| Kirkuknow
Baghdad's forensic medical examiner has completed the identification of the bodies of 16 more Ezidis (Yazidis) and handed them over to their relatives, eight years after they were slain by the extremist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The bodies were named in a list| Kirkuknow
For seven years, Jihad Ravo is listening to empty promises by officials to rescue his relatives enslaved by the extremist militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS. The militants, whom accuse the ethno-religious Ezidi community of being heretic, captured his parents, wife, three kids| Kirkuknow