Tánaiste meets with survivors of group slaughtered by ISIS

It is estimated Isis abducted and killed 5,000 Yazidis, and 6,000 women and children were taken into slavery.

It is estimated Isis abducted and killed 5,000 Yazidis, and 6,000 women and children were taken into slavery.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has met surviving members of a religious group slaughtered by terrorist group Isis 10 years ago.

The extremist organisation launched a genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community in Iraq and Syria in their establishment of a fanatical regime during 2014 and 2017.

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