Qiniyeh (Kurdish: Qînîçê) is a village in the Sinjar District, southern of the Sinjar Mountains in the Nineveh Governorate in Iraq. It is populated by Yazidis and gained international fame in 2014 through the genocide of the Islamic State on the Yazidis.[1]

Qiniyeh
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa Governorate
Time zoneUTC+3 (GMT+3)

History

On 3 August 2014, about 90 Yazidis (including 12-year-old boys) were shot dead by ISIS terrorists in Qiniyeh. These Yazidis were traveling in a group of at least 300 other Yazidis who wanted to flee to the mountains in front of the IS terrorists.[2] Also in the nearby village of Kojo on 15 August 2014 over 600 Yazidis were killed by ISIS terrorists.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Islamic State Is Targeting Iraq's Minorities in a 'Wave of Ethnic Cleansing,' says Amnesty International | VICE News". VICE News. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ↑ Burke, Robert A. (2017-10-31). Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responders, Third Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 9781351648523.
  3. ↑ "ETHNIC CLEANSING ON A HISTORIC SCALE: ISLAMIC STATE'S SYSTEMATIC TARGETING OF MINORITIES IN NORTHERN IRAQ" (PDF). Amnesty International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

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