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5 years after Islamic State massacre, an Iraqi minority is transformed by trauma

  • Written by Tutku Ayhan, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Central Florida
Dilbar Ali Ravu, 10, is kissed by his aunt, Dalal Ravu, as Yazidi children are reunited with their families in Iraq after five years of captivity with the Islamic State group, March 2, 2019.AP Photo/Philip Issa, File

It’s been five years since the Islamic State killed 3,100 Yazidi people in Iraq – mostly men and the elderly –...

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