Siba Sheikh Khidir Explained

Official Name:Siba Sheikh Khidir
Other Name:الجزيرة
Native Name:Sîba Şêx Xidir
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Iraq
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Iraq
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Iraq
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Ninawa
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sinjar District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:July 2014
Population Total:23,000
Coordinates:36.1839°N 41.7597°W

Siba Sheikh Khidir (Kurdish: سیبا شێخ خدر|translit=Sîba Şêx Xidir,[1] [2] Arabic: الجزيرة|translit=al-Jazirah, also Jazira or Jazeera) is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located south of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Siba Sheikh Khidir is populated by Yazidis[3] and was one of two villages targeted in the 2007 Yazidi communities bombings against the local Yazidi community.[4] [5] [6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: گوندی سیبا شێخ خدر-یش ڕاده‌ستی شه‌نگالییه‌كان كرا . 19 December 2019 . ANF News . ku.
  2. News: Kurdên Êzidî îro qurbaniyên teqînên Gir Uzêr û Sîba Şêx Xidir bibîr tînin . 19 December 2019 . Rûdaw . 14 August 2019 . ku.
  3. Web site: November 2015. Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq. 2019-02-19. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat).
  4. Book: Maisel, Sebastian. Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority. 2016-12-24. Lexington Books. 9780739177754. en.
  5. News: Iraq bombs: 500 die in worst terror attack. Staff. Our Foreign. 2007-08-16. 2018-01-22. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  6. Book: Acikyildiz, Birgul. The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion. 2014-08-20. I.B.Tauris. 9781784532161. en.
  7. Web site: How suicide bombings shattered Iraq. Wander. Andrew. www.aljazeera.com. 2018-01-22.