Iraq crisis: German Yazidi community stage demonstration

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><img src="webkit-fake-url://34F70DEF-520D-434C-BE48-F3AC926F723F/imagejpeg" /><br /> <div class="text-wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="contains-more-text" id="media-asset-page-text" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="map-body" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Yazidi community in Germany are holding a demonstration at the persecution of Yazidis in Iraq.</span></div> <div class="hide-wrapper extra-content" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thousands of refugees from the religious minority have fled their homes in recent days and are stranded in the Sinjar mountains, hiding from Islamic State (IS) militants.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The US has carried out airstrikes in an attempt to stem the advance of the IS in Iraq, and carried out air drops of supplies to the Yazidi people on a mountainside in the north of the country.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Speaking to the BBC at the protest in Bielefeld, Songül Tolan of the Central Council of Yazidis in Germany urged the international community to provide further aid and military intervention.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="related-items" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Iraq crisis: German Yazidi community stage demonstration

The Yazidi community in Germany are holding a demonstration at the persecution of Yazidis in Iraq. Thousands of refugees from the...

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