Mount Sinjar

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  Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report

  The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.

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  From Iraqi Mountaintop, a Fierce Battle to Free Islamic State-Held Town

  The road to the battlefront plunges straight down the steep face of Mount Sinjar, whipped by a fierce wind. It is littered with trucks and cars that couldn't get up that incline, abandoned by their owners months ago as they fled the rampage of Islamic State group extremists.

• As Islamic State Fighters Begin to Blend In, Defeating Them No Easy Matter

  Many have ditched military-type vehicles that could make them easy targets of U.S. air strikes, and try to blend in with residents, say witnesses.

• Barack Obama Says Sinjar Siege Broken, Some Personnel to Leave Iraq

  US President Barack Obama said on Thursday the Islamist militant siege of Iraq's Mount Sinjar had been broken and most US military personnel sent to assess the situation would be pulled out of Iraq in coming days.

• Barack Obama Says Sinjar Siege Broken, Some Personnel to Leave Iraq

  U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the Islamist militant siege of Iraq's Mount Sinjar had been broken and most of the U.S. military personnel sent to assess the situation would be pulled out of Iraq in the coming days.

• US Says Rescue Mission for Iraq's Yazidis Less Likely After Visit

  A US mission to evacuate Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain by Sunni militant fighters is far less likely after a US assessment team sent there on Wednesday found the humanitarian situation not as grave as expected, the Pentagon said.

• US Evacuation of Yazidis from Iraq's Mount Sinjar Unlikely: Pentagon

  A possible US mission to evacuate Yazidis trapped on Iraq's Mount Sinjar after they fled Islamic State fighters is now unlikely to take place, following the assessment of a US team, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

• US Mulls Airlift, Rescue Corridor for Trapped Iraqis

  The United States is studying possibilities to help the civilians trapped on a mountain in northern Iraq by the advance of Sunni militants -- including possible humanitarian corridors or air lifts.

• Britain to Deploy Chinook Helicopters to Help Iraq Aid Mission

  Britain will send Chinook helicopters to help refugees trapped in northern Iraq, particularly on Mount Sinjar, the government said on Tuesday.

• Yazidi Lawmaker Wounded in Helicopter Crash on Mount Sinjar: Officers

  An Iraqi lawmaker who helped bring attention to the plight of besieged members of her Yazidi community was wounded Tuesday in the crash of a helicopter delivering aid, officers said.

• Iraq's Yazidis Who Escaped Mount Sinjar Haunted by Horrors

  Exhausted and terrorised, many of the Yazidis of northern Iraq who straggled into this Kurdish town after escaping the Islamic State deathtrap of Mount Sinjar recalled the agony of leaving relatives exposed on the mountain.

• Britain Airdrops Humanitarian Aid for Besieged Iraqis

  Britain has begun airdropping food and water to thousands of civilians stranded on a mountain in northern Iraq after fleeing jihadist militants a week ago, officials said Sunday.

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  US Planes, Drones Conduct More Airstrikes in Iraq

  US forces Saturday launched more airstrikes in northern Iraq to defend attacks on Yazidi civilians, the Pentagon said, on the second day of its military campaign.

• Barack Obama Authorizes Air Strikes to Prevent Iraq 'Genocide'

  Barack Obama said Thursday he had authorized US air strikes on Iraq and humanitarian supply drops to prevent a "genocide" by Islamist extremists against minorities.