Iraq’s Yazidis gather to remember the dead and missing, 10 years on from Islamic State genocide | Iraq

Ten years ago Saturday, the Islamic State (IS) invaded Iraq’s Sinjar province, expelling, killing and enslaving hundreds of thousands of Yazidis. On Saturday morning, crowds gathered for a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the genocide at the “Tomb of the Mothers,” where 111 elderly women were shot to death or buried alive after being […]