Hardan (Arabic: حردان, Kurdish: ههردان, romanized: Hardan)[2][3] is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located north of the Sinjar Mount. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[1] Hardan has exclusively Yazidi population.[1]
Hardan
حردان | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Hardan Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°28′30″N 42°6′20″E / 36.47500°N 42.10556°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Ninawa |
| District | Sinjar District |
| Population (July 2014[1]) | |
• Total | 1,917 |
When Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked and captured Sinjar city and Sinjar District in August 2014, the village of Hardan was among the settlements where ISIL militants carried out the Sinjar massacre of Yazidis.[4] Between 250–300 men were reported killed in the village of Hardan.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b c "Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq" (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–Habitat). November 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "تهلهعفهر.. پێشمهرگه هێرشێكی داعشی تێكشكاند". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 18 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "110 Karsaziyên piçûk ji bo Parêzgeha Sinjarengal û Nînova ji hêla Yazda, ji hêla USAID-ê ve û ji hêla IOM & HAI ve piştgirî tê dayîn". Yazidis.Az (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Levs, Josh (7 August 2014). "Will anyone stop ISIS?". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ OHCHR; UNAMI (2014). "Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Iraq: 6 July – 10 September 2014" (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Spencer, Richard (14 October 2014). "Isil carried out massacres and mass sexual enslavement of Yazidis, UN confirms". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2015.