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Yazidi Refugees Escape Islamic State Fighters: The Battle for Iraq (Dispatch 6)
2014 • E149 Aug 19, 2014 12m
Members of Iraq’s Yazidis sect follow an ancient religion, which incorporates elements of Islam and indigenous beliefs. After the Islamic State overran parts of northern Iraq, tens of thousands of Yazidis were forced into the Sinjar mountain range, where Islamic State militants — who consider the Yazidi devil worshippers — surrounded them. VICE News travelled through the desert corridor to ascertain the true story of the Yazidis’ last minute escape from the Islamic State.