Fleeing ISIS tyranny: Agony of the Yazidis

Fleeing ISIS tyranny

IRAQ-Goodbye,” a woman dressed in a black shawl murmured in Kurdish, as she kissed the outstretched hand of an elderly cleric. “Pray for me,” said the next woman in line, as she bowed her head and kissed the old priest’s hand. This was a farewell ceremony for 66 women and children who had all been former captives of the armed Islamist movement known as ISIS. Most of those gathered here suffered unspeakable crimes at the hands of the jihadi militants. And all of the victims were Yazidis, members of an ancient ethnic and religious minority whose future in Iraq is now in question. (CNN NEWS/ cnn.com)…[+]