Iraqi President: Perpetrators of Shingal's genocide must be punished

Genocide 12:49 PM - 2021-08-03

The President of the Republic of Iraq. Dr. Barham Salih, on the occasion of the anniversary of the genocide of Shingal, stated that Iraq is responsible for bringing justice to the victims.

Salih stated: "The Yazidi genocide is a deep wound, the punishment of the perpetrators of this crime and the compensation of the victims is our duty."

"The return of refugees, the reconstruction of Shingal, and the determination of the fate of over 2,700 Yazidi people are at the forefront of our works," he added

ISIS attack on Shingal

On August 3rd, 2014, ISIS terrorists launched a vicious attack on Shingal (Sinjar), the mainland of the Yazidis, and a disputed town in northern Iraq, killing thousands of Yazidi men and abducting women and children to later be forced into slavery.

The attack also led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of members of the community. Most of them fled to the Kurdistan Region, while others resettled to neighboring countries in the region or Western states.

Others were not as lucky and remained stranded in the war zone, where they later went through horrific atrocities and mass executions at the hands of the extremist group for years. ISIS militants forced women and girls into sexual slavery, kidnapped their children, forced religious conversions, executed scores of men, and abused, sold, and trafficked women and girls across the areas they controlled in Iraq and Syria.

According to the United Nations, 5,000 Yazidi men died in the massacre. The terrorists have also kidnapped thousands of Yazidi women and teenage girls.

According to the KRG, the terrorists kidnapped more than 6,400 Yazidis, but only half of them managed to escape or survive, while the fate of the rest is still unknown.
ISIS gained control of one-third of Iraq in 2014 until 2017 when Iraq announced regaining control of Nineveh, Anbar, Saladin, and parts of Kirkuk and Diyala. 

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