Izadi families suffering dire situation

Rasa - Izadi lawmakers say that the government must intervene to save the Izadi families trapped in the Sinjar area for more than two months. They have called for a rescue operation to save and transfer the stranded families to safe place.

News ID: 1730

Date: 01 December 2014 - 23:27

RNA - There are more than 1,000 Iraqi fighters in the region trying to defend the Izadi families.

The MPs, however, are calling on the government as well as international human rights organizations to intervene and save these families from the ISIL terrorists.

Mirza Dinnayi Sources say that Iraqi army drop food, supplies and blankets for the Izadis trapped in the area, but Iraqi officials say it is not enough.

Kamel Amin The ISIL militants have kidnapped hundreds of Izadi women and sold them as sex slaves.

They have also sold their children across the Middle East, and killed hundreds of their men.

Iraq’s Izadi Kurds have been suffering from ethnic cleansing, kidnapping and death in the hands of the ISIL militants.

They are still stranded in the Sinjar Mountains without food and medical supplies. Members of the minority group have once again asked the international community and humanitarian organizations for help.

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