The Syrian Yazidis are an ethno-religious group who number about 500,000 with 10-15000 mostly living in Al-Hasakah Governorate and Aleppo Governorate (efrin subdidrict) near the Syrian/Iraqi border. They have suffered for 40 years under the Syrian government as they are viewed as Kurds. This ancient community in its Mesopotamian side faced almost an ethnic-cleansing brutality at the hand of ISIS in Iraq.