Between 1 and 15 August 2014, the Islamic State expanded territory in northern Iraq under their control. In the region north and west from Mosul, the Islamic State conquered Zumar, Sinjar, Wana, Mosul
Demonstration in Paris 23 August 2014, to support Kurds and Yazidis threatened by IS
Yazidi genocide
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The Yazidi genocide also known as the 74th firman by Yazidis, was perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017. It was characterized by massacres, genocidal rape, and force
Left-to-right from top: Yazidi refugees receiving support from the International Rescue Committee; American relief worker of USAID conversing with Iraqi locals near Sinjar; packaged bundles of water inside of a C-17 Globemaster III prior to an emergency airdrop by the United States Air Force.
A Yazidi mass grave in the Sinjar region in 2015
The ruins of Sinjar in July 2019 after the invasion of the Islamic State
Defend International provided humanitarian aid to Yazidi refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan in December 2014.