The Documentary Podcast
What's happened to Iraq's Yazidis?
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July 6, 2023
27 minutes
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In 2014, militants of the Islamic State group set out to destroy the ancient, minority Yazidi community of northern Iraq. Thousands were murdered, thousands of Yazidi women and children were enslaved and brutalised. Since the defeat of IS in 2017, the traumatized community has tried to recover. And yet, as Rachel Wright reports, more than 100,000 Yazidis remain stuck in camps, unable to return to their homes.
Photo: Bahar, a Yazidi survivor, holds a picture of her missing husband and son. She and her family were captured by Islamic State in 2014. (BBC)
Presenter: Rachel Wright
Producer: Alex Last
Sound Mix: Neva Missirian
Production Coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross
Series Editor: Penny Murphy