– ‘Ethnic cleansing’ –
The jihadists have reportedly carried out widespread atrocities. On Tuesday, Amnesty International accused them of war crimes and ethnic cleansing.
In June, IS swept through much of the Sunni Arab heartland north of Baghdad and then stormed minority Christian and Yazidi areas.
The extremist faction has carried out beheadings, crucifixions and public stonings, and Amnesty accused it of “war crimes, including mass summary killings and abductions” in areas it controls.
Assistance is now arriving in Amerli, brought in both by Shiite militia fighters and the United Nations, which said it had “delivered 45 metric tonnes of life-saving supplies.”
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