After genocide at hands of ISIS, Yazidis seek help in Cyprus

According to an activist who works with the Yazidi minority and genocide survivors, a total of eight families arrived in Cyprus several weeks ago.

A girl from the Yazidi sect fleeing the violence in Sinjar rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province, in 2014

A girl from the Yazidi sect fleeing the violence in Sinjar rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province, in 2014

(photo credit: YOUSSEF BOUDLAL / REUTERS)

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

OCTOBER 9, 2022 10:24

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