Amy Austin Holmes has been tracking attacks that Turkey has been making against Kurdish and Yazidi regions in Iraq and Syria for quite some time. And with so much going on in the world, many may have missed the fact that Turkey has struck again, this time killing a popular Yazidi leader within Iraqi territory.
Check out some of Amy's work on this issue . You can also learn more from a ÀÖÓã ÌåÓý event "Update on the Victims of Sinjar: The Need to Locate Thousands of Missing Yezidis" featuring Amy Austin Holmes and additional experts held on August 10, 2021.
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