ALJAZAM Fault Lines October 19, 2014
They are part of the yazidi religion, one of the groups targeted by the Islamic State of iraq and the levant, also known as isil. No one knows exactly how many yazidis were killed because isilheld territory is off limits to journalists and human rights workers. But tens of thousands had to flee their homes after isil fighters captured their towns and villages in june. Isil now controls as much as onethird of iraqs territory, including the secondlargest city, mosul. Though its power and influence expanded in syria, its here where isil was born. During the nearly nineyear long u. S. Occupation. ...