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As the Yazidi community prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of so-called Islamic State's genocidal killing and abduction of thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar, SBS Kurdish talks to one Yazidi teenager, who spent five brutal years in captivity before being freed a month ago. He is now waiting to be reunited with his mother and siblings in Australia.


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By Mayada (May) Kordy Khalil

Source: SBS



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As the Yazidi community prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of so-called Islamic State's genocidal killing and abduction of thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar, SBS Kurdish talks to one Yazidi teenager, who spent five brutal years in captivity before being freed a month ago. He is now waiting to be reunited with his mother and siblings in Australia.



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