children in the hidden valley ontop of Sinjar mountain above the City of Sinjar, Nineveh Province, Northern Iraq.

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Inside the hidden valley ontop of Sinjar mountain over the City of Sinjar, Nineveh Province, Northern Iraq. Sinjar mountain, a 65km long cigar shaped mount that rises sharply 1,463 meters (4,800 ft) above the surrounding alluvial plains in north-western Iraq. Sinjar was the scene of one of the worst atrocities committed by ISIS, when In August 2014 they abducted an estimated 5000 Yazidi women and children, and massacred at least 5,000 Yazidi civilians, mostly men and boys. An estimated 40,000 to 50,000 Yazidis fled to Sinjar mountain and there are still roughly 1600 Yazidi families still living on the mountain over a year later that have chosen to tough it out in the harsh conditions.

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