Tag: onslaught
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Ten years on, many Yazidis uprooted by Islamic State onslaught struggle to find stable homes
Author: BLOGGER Published Date: 29/07/2024
SINJAR, Iraq — When Rihan Ismail returned to her family’s home in the heartland of her Yazidi community, she was sure she was coming back for good. She had yearned for that moment throughout long years of captivity. Islamic State militants had abducted then-adolescent Ismail as they rampaged through Iraq’s Sinjar district, killing and enslaving …