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A displaced child from minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to Islamic State in Sinjar town, carries bottle of water as he makes his way to Syrian border, on outskirts of Sinjar mountain | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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A displaced child from minority the Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to Islamic State in Sinjar town, carries a bottle of water as he makes his way to the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 10, 2014. Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq’s Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq’s human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday. The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. Picture taken August 10, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (IRAQ – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)