Yazidis denounce Syrian ruling requiring them to follow Islamic law
Members of religious minority reportedly requested their own court for personal issues, say their faith is thousands of years old.
Mourners stand next to the coffins with the remains of people from the Yazidi minority, who were killed by Islamic State militants, after they were exhumed from a mass grave, to bury them in Kojo, Iraq February 6, 2021. (photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE