Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Yazidis in Syria may refer to people born in or residing in Syria of full or partial Yazidi origin.The Yazidi religion dates back to pre-Islamic times. During the 15th and 16th centuries, they migrated from southern Turkey and settled in their present mountainous stronghold of Jabal Sinjar in northeastern Syria and Iraq. Although some are scattered in Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus, Iraq is the center of their religious life, the home of their Amir, and of the tomb of their most revered saint, Sheikh Adi. Once semi-nomadic, most Yazidis are settled, have no great chiefs, and speak the Kurmanji language.Yazidis in Syria live primarily in two communities, one in the Al-Jazira area and the other in the Kurd-Dagh. Population numbers for the Syrian Yazidi community are unclear. In 1963, the community was estimated at about 10,000, according to the national census, but numbers for 1987 were unavailable. There may be between about 12,000 and 15,000 Yazidis in Syria today, though more than half of the community may have emigrated from Syria since the 1980s. Estimates are further complicated by the arrival of as many as 50,000 Yazidi refugees from Iraq during the Iraq War. Since 2014, some Yazidis of Iraq have entered Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria to escape the persecution of Yazidis by ISIL.In 2014, there were about 70,000 Yazidis in Syria, primarily in the Al-Jazirah."@en }
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- Yazidis_in_Syria abstract "Yazidis in Syria may refer to people born in or residing in Syria of full or partial Yazidi origin.The Yazidi religion dates back to pre-Islamic times. During the 15th and 16th centuries, they migrated from southern Turkey and settled in their present mountainous stronghold of Jabal Sinjar in northeastern Syria and Iraq. Although some are scattered in Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus, Iraq is the center of their religious life, the home of their Amir, and of the tomb of their most revered saint, Sheikh Adi. Once semi-nomadic, most Yazidis are settled, have no great chiefs, and speak the Kurmanji language.Yazidis in Syria live primarily in two communities, one in the Al-Jazira area and the other in the Kurd-Dagh. Population numbers for the Syrian Yazidi community are unclear. In 1963, the community was estimated at about 10,000, according to the national census, but numbers for 1987 were unavailable. There may be between about 12,000 and 15,000 Yazidis in Syria today, though more than half of the community may have emigrated from Syria since the 1980s. Estimates are further complicated by the arrival of as many as 50,000 Yazidi refugees from Iraq during the Iraq War. Since 2014, some Yazidis of Iraq have entered Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria to escape the persecution of Yazidis by ISIL.In 2014, there were about 70,000 Yazidis in Syria, primarily in the Al-Jazirah.".
- Q20987660 abstract "Yazidis in Syria may refer to people born in or residing in Syria of full or partial Yazidi origin.The Yazidi religion dates back to pre-Islamic times. During the 15th and 16th centuries, they migrated from southern Turkey and settled in their present mountainous stronghold of Jabal Sinjar in northeastern Syria and Iraq. Although some are scattered in Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus, Iraq is the center of their religious life, the home of their Amir, and of the tomb of their most revered saint, Sheikh Adi. Once semi-nomadic, most Yazidis are settled, have no great chiefs, and speak the Kurmanji language.Yazidis in Syria live primarily in two communities, one in the Al-Jazira area and the other in the Kurd-Dagh. Population numbers for the Syrian Yazidi community are unclear. In 1963, the community was estimated at about 10,000, according to the national census, but numbers for 1987 were unavailable. There may be between about 12,000 and 15,000 Yazidis in Syria today, though more than half of the community may have emigrated from Syria since the 1980s. Estimates are further complicated by the arrival of as many as 50,000 Yazidi refugees from Iraq during the Iraq War. Since 2014, some Yazidis of Iraq have entered Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria to escape the persecution of Yazidis by ISIL.In 2014, there were about 70,000 Yazidis in Syria, primarily in the Al-Jazirah.".