Thanks for your notes. In terms of the number of people enslaved, are we counting the number who were ever enslaved or the ones who are enslaved at a certain point (for example, now)? I reviewed a number of lists of captured people, lists organized by Yezidi groups, and the estimates you note seem to me approximately consistent with the "ever enslaved" category. Many of those people have now escaped or have been killed, so the current numbers of captive people are substantially lower, I think. Note that the number I estimated was for people on Shingal mountain, not people held by ISIS. In terms of the YPG/PKK vs KRG's peshmerga, I heard very differing accounts from different Yezidi people about the relative trustworthiness of these groups. Everyone agreed that the peshmerga fled when ISIS arrived in early August. Some people said that the peshmerga notified them that they couldn't hold ISIS, while others (a majority, I think) say the peshmerga abandoned them to ISIS. I heard people say "our fighters" kept open the corridor through which people escaped the mountain. Whether that meant Yezidi fighters who got arms from the peshmerga (which is what I understood) or YPG/PKK helping them, I don't know.
Thanks for your notes. In terms of the number of people enslaved, are we counting the number who were ever enslaved or the ones who are enslaved at a certain point (for example, now)? I reviewed a number of lists of captured people, lists organized by Yezidi groups, and the estimates you note seem to me approximately consistent with the "ever enslaved" category. Many of those people have now escaped or have been killed, so the current numbers of captive people are substantially lower, I think. Note that the number I estimated was for people on Shingal mountain, not people held by ISIS. In terms of the YPG/PKK vs KRG's peshmerga, I heard very differing accounts from different Yezidi people about the relative trustworthiness of these groups. Everyone agreed that the peshmerga fled when ISIS arrived in early August. Some people said that the peshmerga notified them that they couldn't hold ISIS, while others (a majority, I think) say the peshmerga abandoned them to ISIS. I heard people say "our fighters" kept open the corridor through which people escaped the mountain. Whether that meant Yezidi fighters who got arms from the peshmerga (which is what I understood) or YPG/PKK helping them, I don't know.