Cika wannan jumla:
Na biyu na Arewacin Iraqi a watan Agusta 2014, Daular Islama ta Iraqi da Levant (ISIL) ta mamaye manyan yankuna na lardin Nineveh. Bayan janyewar Peshmerga na Kurdawa sun kama garin Sinjar a ranar 3 ga watan Agusta. A cikin kwanaki masu zuwa, mayakan IS sun yi kisan gilla na Sinjar, inda suka kashe maza 2,000 na Yazidi kuma suka ɗauki matan Yazidi zuwa bautar, wanda ya haifar da ƙauracewar yawan mazaunan Yazidi. A cewar rahoton Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, an kashe fararen hula Yazidi 5,000 a lokacin farmakin na watan Agusta na ISIL. An kuma san shi da kisan kare dangi na Yazidis da ISIL. An ba da damar kisan kare dangi a wani bangare sakamakon tseren Peshmerga daga farmakin ISIL, wanda ya bar Yazidi ba shi da kariya.