Слайд 2Much of Iraq is now in chaos, and fighters from the
Islamic State, (ISIS), are fueling the instability, attacking towns at will and making large gains in territory.
Last week, IS terrorists swarmed into several minority villages in northern Iraq, prompting tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push toward the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil.
Слайд 3 Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from
ISIS.
Слайд 5 Smoke rises during clashes between Kurdish peshmerga troops and militants.
Слайд 6 Kurdish troops participate in an intensive security deployment against ISIS.
Слайд 7 Refugee children from the Yazidi sect make
their way towards Syria.
Слайд 8 Displaced members of the Yazidi sect climb on a
truck as they make their
way towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain.
Yazidi refugees ride in the dusty trunk of a car.
Слайд 10 Yazidi sect, fleeing ISIS terrorists
in Sinjar town, ride a truck
as they make their way towards the Syrian border.
Слайд 11 Yazidi refugees cross the
Iraq-Syria border at Fishkhabur
bridge over the Tigris River in northern Iraq.
Слайд 13 U.S. and Kurdish flags flutter in
the wind while displaced Iraqis
from the Yazidi community cross the Syria-Iraq border.
Слайд 14 Members of the Kurdish
People's Protection Units (YPG)
help displaced people from the Yazidi sect.
Слайд 15 Yazidi sect get help from a member of the Kurdish
People's Protection Units.
Слайд 16 Yazidi Iraqi fighters walk past the grave of a child
who died of malnutrition.
Слайд 17A Yazidi fighter stands guard outside a shrine on August 10,
2014 in Sheikhan.
Слайд 18Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand guard during airstrikes targeting ISIS terrorists near
the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Arbil.
Слайд 19 Peshmerga forces hand out water bottles to
displaced Iraqi families.
Слайд 20 U.S. soldiers assist with loading bundles
of halal meals on to a C-17.
Слайд 21 Pallets of bottled water
loaded aboard a U.S. C-17 cargo plane.
Слайд 22 Bundles of halal meals parachute to the ground during a
humanitarian mission.
Слайд 23 The Yazidi community gather for humanitarian aid at the Syria-Iraq
border.
Displaced families from the minority Yazidi sect
walk on the outskirts of Sinjar, west of Mosul.
Слайд 25 Yazidi refugees cross the Iraq-Syria border
at Fishkhabur bridge.
Слайд 26 Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community settle at a camp
at Derike, Syria.
Слайд 27 An Iraqi girl from
the Yazidi community holds a piece of
bread after crossing the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Слайд 28 Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga troops watch
as smoke billows from
the town of Makhmur during clashes with ISIS terrorists.
Слайд 29 ISIS militants and tribal
fighters take down Kurdish flags
from the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
ISIS fighters take control of a checkpoint that
belonged to Kurdish peshmerga fighters.
Слайд 31 Relatives mourn the death of
a Kurdish fighter who was killed
during clashes with ISIS fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia.
Слайд 32 Female members of the Kurdistan army take
position on the front line.
Слайд 33 A Kurdish resident holds a sign
during a demonstration in support
of the Peshmerga troops in front of the U.S. consulate in Arbil.
Слайд 34 Iraqi Christians,
who fled the violence in the village
of Qaraqosh, pose at a church building in Arbil.