Iraq, Sharya. Yazidi refugees live in unfinished buildings, tents, or in the street. Each of them has had relatives murdered or abducted by ISIS militants. Their living conditions are simply horrid. Winter is approaching, but they have neither blankets nor warm clothes.

Iraq, Rabia. The city of Rabia is located near the Iraqi-Syrian border. It was seized by ISIS terrorists. The photo was made several days after the Kurdish Peshmerga and Yazidi forces recaptured the city. ISIS militants took shelter in the local hospital. Peshmerga units ousted the terrorists from Rabia.

Iraq, Rabia. The city of Rabia is located near the Iraqi-Syrian border. It was seized by ISIS terrorists. The photo was made several days after the Kurdish Peshmerga and Yazidi forces recaptured the city. ISIS militants took shelter in the local hospital. Peshmerga units ousted the terrorists from Rabia.

Iraq, Rabia. The city of Rabia is located near the Iraqi-Syrian border. It was seized by ISIS terrorists. The photo was made several days after the Kurdish Peshmerga and Yazidi forces recaptured the city. ISIS militants took shelter in the local hospital. Peshmerga units ousted the terrorists from Rabia.

Iraq, Yazidi refuges from Sherfedin took shelter from armed conflicts in the Sinjar Mountains for many centuries but they have never been in such a dangerous situation. They have been encircled by ISIS for four months and have practically no access to humanitarian relief.

Iraq — Sharya. Yazidi refugees live in unfinished buildings, tents, or in the street. Each of them has had relatives murdered or abducted by ISIS militants. Their living conditions are simply horrid. Winter is approaching, but they have neither blankets nor warm clothes.

Iraq, Sinjar Mountains. Weather permitting, the Iraqi army sends helicopters with humanitarian relief to the Sinjar Mountains, which were encircled by ISIS militants for four months. Kurds and ISIS fought heavily every day.

Iraq, Sherfedin. Yazidi refugees who fled to the Sinjar Mountains on the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Iraq, Sherfedin. ISIS militants occupy positions behind the house in the foreground. Heavy fighting is conducted in this area every day because the only road to Sinjar passes through Sherfedin. It is defended by only 200 poorly armed Yazidi fighters.

Iraq, Sherfedin. ISIS militants occupy positions behind the house in the foreground. Heavy fighting is conducted in this area every day because the only road to Sinjar passes through Sherfedin. It is defended by only 200 poorly armed Yazidi fighters.

Iraq, Zakho. Yazidi refugees live everywhere in Zakho, in unfinished buildings, in camps, and right in the street. They have practically no food, winter clothes, or medicines. Women bake traditional flatbread.

Iraq, Zakho. Yazidi refugees live everywhere in Zakho, in unfinished buildings, in camps, and right in the street. They have practically no food, winter clothes, or medicines. Women bake traditional flatbread.

Many Yazidi refugees have lost all their belongings. In this photo a child sleeps on a matrass next to his dad’s rifle. “This is for protection,” his father explained.

Iraq, Korsi, Sinjar Mountains. The ideological education of female fighters and Kurdish units.

Iraq, Zacho. The majority of Yazidi refugees who live in Zakho fled from the Shingal Region, which was often attacked by ISIS. About 8,000 Yazidi refuges live in semi-destroyed buildings and unfinished high-rises with nothing to eat or drink.

Iraq, Zakho. Yazidi refugees live everywhere in Zakho, in unfinished buildings, in camps, and right in the street. They have practically no food, winter clothes, or medicines.

Iraq, Sinjar Mountains. Kurdish soldiers wait for a helicopter. The besieged refugees cannot leave the region.

Children suffer from hunger, disease, and belly worms. They live in tents made of sackcloth and stones. None of them smiles, because they have no strength left. In the last few months, they have experienced too much suffering.

Iraq, Sharya. Yazidi refugees live in unfinished buildings, tents, or in the street. Each of them has had relatives murdered or abducted by ISIS militants. Their living conditions are simply horrid. Winter is approaching, but they have neither blankets nor warm clothes.

Iraq, Sherfedin. On Wednesday evenings Sheikh Ismail conducts a fire ritual in a holy place. Yazidis make a wish, tie a knot, and kiss the altar. The faith is the only thing that gives them the strength to live.