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Yazidi genocide

genocide committed by ISIS against Yazidis in Iraq and Syria
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Summary

Yazidi genocide is a genocide[1]. It draws 3,762 Wikipedia views per month (genocide category, ranking #16 of 56).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Iraq[3], Syria[4]
  • Location: Sinjar[5]
  • Commons category: Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State[6]
  • Point in time: August 2014[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[8]
  • Number of injured: 6000.0[9]
  • Perpetrator: Islamic State[10]
  • Victim(s): Yazidis in Syria[11], Yazidis[12]

Why It Matters

Yazidi genocide has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Iraq Sinjar Syria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . dailymail.co.uk. dailymail.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Victim(s) → Yazidis in Syria, Yazidis
    Topic's main category → Category:Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
    Point in time → +2014-08-00T00:00:00Z
    Number of injured → {'amount': '+6000.0'}
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