Sinjar

‘I’ll warm myself on fire of revenge’: Hatred hangs in ruins of Iraq’s Sinjar

By Reuters — November 19, 2015
Islamic State militants overran Sinjar last year, purging its Yazidi population -- with the collaboration of Sunni residents who once lived in peace with their Yazidi neighbors.

Islamic State accused of capturing Yazidi women and forcing them to convert, or else

By Gil Shefler — August 7, 2014
(RNS) Thousands of Yazidis, followers of an ancient religion, have been killed or captured or fled to a remote mountain without food, water or shelter.
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