As a mother, I can put myself in their shoes and can imagine how desperate I would feel trying to find my children.
'Can you find my children?': Desperate plea of the Yazidi refugees camped on Syrian border after their families scattered to escape ISIS massacres
Tens of thousands of Iraqis from the Yazidi religious minority flee over the Tigris River in northern Iraq
They will then travel over a barren mountain range before finally making their way into neighboring Syria
By ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 13:09 EST, 11 August 2014
Trucks and jeeps trundled slowly across the pontoon bridge, packed with refugees, with children poking their dusty heads out of the windows and truck beds.
Nearby, a distraught father frantically scanned them as they passed, hoping to catch sight of his missing son.
Beside him, a young man searched for his sister, who he fears was snatched by extremists.
Unknown numbers, perhaps hundreds, of men, women and children went missing in the chaos as tens of thousands of Iraqis from the Yazidi religious minority fled in a panic from marauding militants, then spent a week hidden in a barren mountain range before finally making their way into neighboring Syria.
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'Can you find my children?': Desperate plea of the Yazidi refugees camped on Syrian border after their families scattered to escape ISIS massacres
Tens of thousands of Iraqis from the Yazidi religious minority flee over the Tigris River in northern Iraq
They will then travel over a barren mountain range before finally making their way into neighboring Syria
By ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 13:09 EST, 11 August 2014
Trucks and jeeps trundled slowly across the pontoon bridge, packed with refugees, with children poking their dusty heads out of the windows and truck beds.
Nearby, a distraught father frantically scanned them as they passed, hoping to catch sight of his missing son.
Beside him, a young man searched for his sister, who he fears was snatched by extremists.
Unknown numbers, perhaps hundreds, of men, women and children went missing in the chaos as tens of thousands of Iraqis from the Yazidi religious minority fled in a panic from marauding militants, then spent a week hidden in a barren mountain range before finally making their way into neighboring Syria.
Continue reading at:
Desperate plea of the Yazidi refugees camped on boder with Syria in the flight from ISIS massacres | Mail Online
