Once a bustling Iraqi city and beloved homeland to the Yazidi people, Sinjar lies in ruins. There are no city services and hardly any people.
Islamic State Terror: The Lost City of Sinjar
- By VOA News
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Soldiers in Sinjar, Iraq, say suicide bombs inside cars are one of IS militants' most common attack styles. Nov. 14, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)
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Peshmerga forces hold the line near Sinjar, Iraq, from IS forces that only a month ago were operating full-scale assaults, Nov. 14, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)
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Only 30 families have returned to Sinjar, Iraq, since peshmerga soldiers captured the city a year ago. City services like running water and electricity are not available. Nov. 14, 2016. (H.Murdock/VOA)
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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, Aug. 11, 2014.
