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Turkish attacks stop displaced Iraqi Yazidis from returning home

Turkey's regular targeting of Sinjar region is affecting the area badly and preventing displaced people from returning.

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Mirza Dinnayl tours the Ziarat Yazidi Temple during the 2019 Aurora Forum on Oct, 20, 2019 in Yerevan, Armenia. — Victor Boyko/Getty Images

SINJAR, Iraq - Yazidis returning to their homes in the Sinjar district of Iraq have demanded international intervention to protect them from the ongoing Turkish bombing.

Since 2017, near 80 Yazidi people were killed by Turkish airstrike, 64 of them from Sinjar Resistance Units which is formally affiliated with Popular Unites, according to a high ranking military officer in YBS.

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