Kocho, Iraq

Kocho
Village
Kocho is located in Iraq
Kocho
Kocho
Kocho within Iraq
Coordinates: 36°10′N 41°44′E / 36.167°N 41.733°E / 36.167; 41.733
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa
DistrictSinjar District
Time zoneUTC+3 (GMT+3)

Kocho (Kurdish: کۆچۆ, romanized: Koço;[1][2] Arabic: كوجو[3]) is a village in Sinjar District, south of the Sinjar Mountains in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq. It is considered one of the disputed territories of Northern Iraq and is populated by Yazidis.[4] The village came to international attention in 2014 due to the genocide of Yazidis committed by the Islamic State.[5]

  1. ^ "Li Koço goristan". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ^ "گوندی کۆچۆ شوێنە گەورەکەی کۆمەڵکوژیی ئێزدییان بوو" (in Kurdish). 17 August 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ^ "الياس يروي قصة نجاته من مجزرة كوجو بعد اصابته برصاصتين وفقدان جميع افراد اسرته". Kirkuk Now (in Arabic). 15 August 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. ^ Kizilhan, Jan Ilhan (10 October 2016). Die Psychologie des IS: Die Logik der Massenmörder (in German). Europa Verlag GmbH & Company KG. ISBN 9783958901155.
  5. ^ "The Yezidi Genocide, Two Years Later". US News.