Yazidis
VICE News Capsule - Friday, August 22
#IS converts Yazidis to Islam, China tells Xinjiang villagers to use angry stares as weapons & more.
Lebanon Is Grateful for More Airplanes and Ammunition
Airpower has been a vital psychological, political, and military weapon in the Middle East this summer. So Lebanon wants more of it.
Iraqi Christians Aren't Impressed by the Vatican's Promises of Help
One of the Pope's top envoys visited Erbil on Wednesday promising to mobilize the powers of the church to help Christians and other minorities.
Why Is the Islamic State Trying to Eradicate Iraq's Yazidi Minority?
For the past week, the world's gaze has been fixed on northern Iraq, where the Islamic State is besieging, scattering, and starving out the Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority on the run.
Total Chaos in Northern Iraq as Islamic State Takes Country's Largest Dam
The Sunni militants made significant gains today, displacing tens of thousands and leaving Kurdish and Iraqi forces scrambling to respond.
Yazidis in Iraq Are Surrounded by Islamic State Militants and Slowly Dying of Thirst
Forced to evacuate the northern town of Sinjar, Iraqi Yazidis are trapped on a mountaintop without food or water.