Yazidis in Iraq: ‘Nightmare is unbelievable’
By DW
15 May 2022 |
10:56 am
A new round of fighting has driven some 1,000 Yazidi families from their homes. The security situation remains fragile, despite a cease-fire agreed on earlier this week.
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