Once a bustling Iraqi city and beloved homeland to the Yazidi people, Sinjar lies in ruins. There are no city services and hardly any people.
Islamic State Terror: The Lost City of Sinjar
- By VOA News
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A mass grave in Sinjar, Iraq, believed to contain the remains of Yazidi members massacred by IS two years ago, is seen after a fire broke out in early June, 2016.
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governate, Aug. 10, 2014.