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Yazidi genocide survivors in Iraq recall horrors of Daesh’s siege of Kocho

  • Daesh militants launched a genocidal campaign against the ethno-religious minority in their Iraqi homeland in August 2014
  • Kocho, uniquely among the 80-plus Yazidi villages in Sinjar, was subjected to a 12-day siege before the slaughter began
By Jonathan Gornall ·