CORRECTION: Yezidi leader Mir Tahseen Beg in critical health condition in Germany

Last Update: 2019-01-25 00:00:00 - Source: kurdistan 24

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Mir Tahseem Saeed Beg, the leader of the Yezidi (Ezidi) community during an interview with Kurdistan 24, March 3, 2017. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The leader of the Yezidi (Ezidi) community, Mir Tahseen Saeed Beg, is in critical condition and hospitalized in Germany, sources from the hospital told Kurdistan 24 on Friday.

There had been conflicting reports on the condition of the Ezidi leader, prompting his family to release a statement saying he is still alive.

Mir Tahseen Beg has been the leader of Ezidis around the world since 1944, following the death of his father.

There are about one million Ezidis worldwide, with almost half of them living in Iraq.