Ba'adra
| Ba'adra Kurdish: ‘Eyn Sifnî |
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 Ba'adra
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| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Nineveh |
| District | Shekhan |
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| • Mayor | Shamal M. Adeeb[1] |
Ba'adra, also rendered Baadre,Badra and Bathra, (Arabic: باعدرة/باعذرة, Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܕܪܐ), is an historically Kurdish town located in the Shekhan District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. Ba'adra's residents are mostly Yazidis with a small Assyrian minority and is considered the political capital of the Yazidis[1] as it has been the base of the ethnic-religious group's leader, the Mir.[2]
The town and the surrounding villages were demolished and later recolonized by Arabs during the late 1960s. Most of Arabs, however, returned to their original settlements after 2003.[citation needed]
The town and the 10 nearby villages took in 2,028 additional displaced families totaling 12,115 people due to the Yazidi fleeing the Sinjar massacre.[1]
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