ISIS’s progress toward a complete takeover of Iraq, and after it Syria, appeared almost inevitable.
YAZIDI REFUGEES played a role in the liberation of their town from ISIS. In 2014 ISIS and its local collaborators had slaughtered many Yazidis and sold thousands of women and children into slavery. Now Yazidi fighters, some of whom had been fighting alongside Kurds against Saddam Hussein’s regime,(photo credit: VAGER SAADULLAH)
