Iraq's Yazidis Flee ISIS Militants

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ISIS militants killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority in northern Iraq and scattered tens of thousands.

Image: Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect walk toward the Syrian border

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk toward the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate, on Aug. 11, 2014.Rodi Said / Reuters

Aug. 12, 2014, 3:19 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 12, 2014, 2:55 PM EDT

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