Jazeera, Iraq

Location of Jazeera in Iraq

Jazeera (Kurmanji Siba Sheikh Khidir Arabic: العدنانية‎ DMG al-ʿAdnānīya, also spelled Jazira) is an Iraqi town about 100 km (62 mi) from Mosul and a few miles south of Sinjar. It was one of two villages targeted in the 2007 Yazidi communities bombings against the local Yazidi community.[1][2][3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ Maisel, Sebastian (2016-12-24). Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739177754.
  2. ↑ Staff, Our Foreign (2007-08-16). "Iraq bombs: 500 die in worst terror attack". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  3. ↑ Acikyildiz, Birgul (2014-08-20). The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781784532161.
  4. ↑ Wander, Andrew. "How suicide bombings shattered Iraq". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-01-22.

Coordinates: 36°11′2″N 41°45′35″E / 36.18389°N 41.75972°E / 36.18389; 41.75972

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