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The Yezidi genocide devastated Iraq’s community 10 years ago − but the roots of the prejudice that fueled it were much ...
On the morning of Aug. 3, 2014, the Islamic State group launched a ruthless and swift campaign in Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq. The target was Yezidis: a monotheistic religious group whose members have long been persecuted. As forces affiliated with the …