Iraq: fate of the Yezidi community

In the areas seized by ‘Islamic State’ fighters on 3 August 2014 in north-west Iraq, including the city of Sinjar, non-Muslims refusing to convert have been slaughtered or forced to flee, members of the Yezidi, Christian, Shabak and Turkmen communities being among the victims of this ‘cleansing’ operation.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Statement on the deterioration of the situation in Iraq http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-statement-on-the-deterioration-of-the-situation-in-iraq/

ESO: Background information: Crisis in Iraq: The European Union's humanitarian response http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-crisis-in-iraq-the-european-unions-humanitarian-response/

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