Siba Sheikh Khidir

Siba Sheikh Khidir
Sîba Şêx Xidir
الجزيرة
Village
Siba Sheikh Khidir is located in Iraq
Siba Sheikh Khidir
Siba Sheikh Khidir
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°11′2″N 41°45′35″E / 36.18389°N 41.75972°E / 36.18389; 41.75972
Country Iraq
GovernorateNinawa
DistrictSinjar District
Population
 (July 2014[1])
 • Total23,000

Siba Sheikh Khidir (Kurdish: سیبا شێخ خدر, romanized: Sîba Şêx Xidir,[2][3] Arabic: الجزيرة, romanized: 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[1] 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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  2. ^ "گوندی سیبا شێخ خدر-یش ڕاده‌ستی شه‌نگالییه‌كان كرا". ANF News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Kurdên Êzidî îro qurbaniyên teqînên Gir Uzêr û Sîba Şêx Xidir bibîr tînin". Rûdaw. 14 August 2019. p. ku. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. ^ Maisel, Sebastian (2016-12-24). Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739177754.
  5. ^ Staff, Our Foreign (2007-08-16). "Iraq bombs: 500 die in worst terror attack". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  6. ^ Acikyildiz, Birgul (2014-08-20). The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781784532161.
  7. ^ Wander, Andrew. "How suicide bombings shattered Iraq". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-01-22.