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Iraq’s Yazidis mark New Year still haunted by Daesh horrors

  • Hundreds came to Lalish to mark the Yazidi New Year — which to the faithful commemorates the creation of the universe
  • When Daesh invaded Iraq in August 2014, one of their targets was Sinjar, the Yazidis’ historic home on the Nineveh Plain
By AFP ·
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Yazidi genocide anniversary serves as grim reminder of Daesh’s crimes against humanity

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