Missing persons

Syria

Hevdesti Associations launch platform for families of missing persons in Syria

Avin Yassin, the ICRC spokesperson, speaking during a workshop for journalists as part of the organization's campaign to mark the International Day of the Disappeared, August 24, 2023. (Photo: Azar Faruq/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Red Cross receives nearly 1,000 tracing requests in less than a year in Iraq

More than 200,000 people are thought to have spent time in Syrian government prisons since 2011 (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Kurdish individual tortured to death by Syrian government: human rights organization

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)

Kurdistan

President Barzani expresses commitment to save missing Yezidi’s

Members of the Yezidi (Ezidi) community flee ISIS' 2014 attack on the disputed district of Sinjar (Shingal), Aug. 14, 2014 (Photo: UNICEF)

Kurdistan

Six Yezidi’s rescued from ISIS: KRG’s Yezidi Rescue Office

Wafa Ali, 18, recalling his captivity story to Kurdistan 24, Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Syria

Yezidi woman rescued from ISIS cells in notorious al-Hol camp

Avin Yaseen, the ICRC Erbil office spokesperson, during an interview with Kurdistan 24, August 30, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Iraq among countries with most missing persons: ICRC