THOUSANDS STILL AWAIT AID ON MOUNT SINJAR NO SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

THOUSANDS STILL AWAIT AID ON MOUNT SINJAR
NO SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES



Recent satellite imagery published by the British paper The Guardian today reveals that scores of Yezidis still remain stranded on Mount Sinjar where they took shelter after fleeing the savagery of Islamic State gangs that occupied the town of Sinjar on August 3.

The satellite imagery shows the southern slope of Mount Sinjar.

"The US has said little about Mount Sinjar since 14 August, when Obama declared the siege broken, but Satellite images taken on 21 August by the firm ImageSat International and interviews with members of the Yazidi religious minority still on the mountain indicate a humanitarian emergency continuing to unfold", The Guardian said.

The report also remarked that while thousands have fled down the mountain's north face, making a dangerous trek into Iraqi Kurdistan through Syria, those on the southern side remain in crisis, effectively abandoned, while the Obama administration considers the Mount Sinjar operation a success.

The paper recalled that there has not been a US airdrop of food, water or medicine since 13 August. It also noted that the Pentagon estimated two weeks ago that 4,000 to 5,000 people remained on the mountain, and says it cannot offer a more current estimate.

ANF reporter Dilser Ernesto, who is on Mount Sinjar also confirms that there are still thousands of Yezidi Kurds waiting for urgent humanitarian aid on Mount Sinjar.

Ernesto says apart from limited aid provided by HPG-YPG forces there is no support from national or international agencies, adding that "Hunger, thirst and disease are causing deaths. In these mountains people are lacking everything they need in order to stay alive".

Thousands of people who fled to Mount Sinjar after the attacks on Sinjar by inhuman ISIS gangs on 3 August and do not want to leave are awaiting urgent humanitarian assistance.

ANF reporter Dilşer Ernesto, says people are trying to survive in small groups spread over a broad area.

There are 10 people in every tent or hut, but the people do not want to abandon the land they consider sacred. "If we are going to die, let us die in our holy land," they say.

HPG-YBŞ [Sinjar Resistance Units] forces who are providing security in the area are trying with scant resources to render assistance with the support of Rojava.

Neither the UN, nor the South Kurdistan government or any other organisation is currently providing support.