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Yazidi Leaders Want Proof ‘Jewish Schindler’ Saved 128 Women and Children From the Islamic State
"We are doing this with a pure heart to help people," says Steve Maman, who has made international headlines for his Canadian charity that has raised more than $500,000 to rescue Christian and Yazidi women.
Belgium Rescues 244 Christians From War-Torn Syria In Covert Operation
A civil society group, aided by the Belgian government, helped the refugees flee to Lebanon, where the Belgian embassy provided them with visas to continue on to Europe.
'Soon It Will Be Too Late': The Children Lost Inside the Islamic State
The next jihadi generation is key to the Islamic State's survival. VICE News spoke to a Yazidi teenager who escaped sexual slavery and a man whose wife and children are in captivity in Raqqa.
'We Have to Defeat Them': On Mount Sinjar With Kurdish Forces as They Battle the Islamic State
VICE News traveled with the Kurdish peshmerga as they fight back against the Islamic State in the Iraqi cities of Sinjar and Mosul.
US Troops Killed a Top Islamic State Leader and Captured His Wife in a Raid in Syria
US special operations forces in Iraq reportedly carried out the raid, which also led to the rescue of a Yazidi woman who was possibly being kept as a slave.
'The Old Tiger of Mount Sinjar': Meet Qasim Shesho, the Yazidi Commander Battling the Islamic State
VICE News traveled to Sinoun in the foothills of Iraq's Sinjar Mountains to meet the head of the Yazidi militia fighting to defend his people from the jihadist group.
'We Need People to Stand for Us' — The Yazidis Escaping Sexual Slavery in the Islamic State
Abandoned by the international community, Yazidi activists are risking their lives to track the thousands abducted by the jihadist group. VICE News spoke to one girl who escaped her brutal captivity.
The Islamic State Is Burying Children Alive and Crucifying Them, Says UN
A new UN committee review on the treatment of children in Iraq details widespread and systematic abuse, including the sexual enslavement and mass execution of minors.
Islamic State Releases Sick and Elderly Yazidis — But Thousands More Still Held Captive
The militants freed at least 200 members of the Iraqi minority group, but many women and young girls are still being held prisoner and subjected to violence.
Video Shows Kurdish Fighters Breaking Islamic State Siege of Iraq's Mount Sinjar
The offensive, backed by US-led airstrikes, opened up a secure corridor to liberate thousands of members of the Yazidi minority who have been trapped there since fleeing an August assault by the jihadists.
Islamic State Releases Q&A Guide on The Treatment of Yazidi Slave Girls
Under the militants' interpretation of Sharia, it is acceptable to have "intercourse" with a prepubescent slave, but not if she belongs to another fighter.
The Islamic State Is Successfully Recruiting European Women to Come Join the Caliphate
A report released Tuesday says the militant group is effectively using social media to lure Western women to Syria to marry fighters and then recruit others.