A helicopter carrying Kurdish aid, as presented in local TV footage, has reached some of the tens of thousands of fleeing Yazidis, stranded on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq.
A handful of people were plucked from the crowd and taken on board the aircraft, leaving loved ones behind.
Terrified Iraqi Christians have also had to run for their lives, fleeing to Arbil amid the Islamic State's threats to butcher unbelievers after capturing the city of Mosul. Many are sheltering in and around a church.…
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