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]