Thousands of Yazidis facing death in Iraq mountains; largest Christian town falls

Posted on August 8, 2014 
Filed under World news

iraq“Thousands of members of an Iraqi minority are stranded in the mountains of northern Iraq after fleeing militant group Islamic State (IS), which is leaving a trail of death as it attempts to form an Islamic caliphate. …

On Thursday the militants from the group formerly known as ISIS took over Iraq’s largest Christian town, Qaraqosh, and surrounding areas. That sent tens of thousands of panicked residents fleeing towards autonomous Kurdistan, officials and witnesses said. …

Qaraqosh is an entirely Christian town which lies between Mosul, the jihadists’ main hub in Iraq, and Arbil, the Kurdish region’s capital. It usually has a population of around 50,000.”

– more tragic news from Iraq, via ABC News.