PHOTOS: Yazidis attempt to flee Kurdistan to Iraqi territory, Kurdish authorities block their path
September 20, 2017 – Fort Russ News – Paul Antonopoulos
Yazidi families are leaving in their masses from Iraqi Kurdistan to Baghdad government-controlled areas, according to Sura News.
Sura News cited that the Yazidis were being treated poorly by Kurdish authorities, prompting their decision to try and leave Iraqi Kurdistan.
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The report went onto say that the authorities of the Kurdistan Regional Government begun blocking roads that exit their territory of control to prevent a mass migration that would poorly reflect on the region as preparations to conduct an unconstitutional independence referendum is underway.
