As civilians die, Kurds decry international inaction
The combined efforts of the Iraqi and Kurdish governments have not rescued the thousands of civilians threatened with imminent death after the most recent ISIS offensive.
Peshmerga and YPG fighters watch as a mortar lands on insurgent-held Rabiaa on Aug. 4, 2014, hours before it was re-taken. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report)
ERBIL - Thousands of members of Iraq's Yezidi minority remain stranded on Sinjar Mountain, as Kurdish and Iraqi efforts to provide support have failed in the face of a persistent insurgency.
The U.S. and other foreign powers have not provided direct assistance to the Yezidis, either in the form of humanitarian air drops or military air support to the Kurdish soldiers fighting to free them. Kurdish leaders warn that such international inaction spells doom for the Yezidis and risks empowering anti-government insurgents.
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