A girl from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour
A girl from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rest at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rest at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
A boy from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, mourns his father's death at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour
A boy from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, mourns his father's death at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014. According to the family, the 40-year-old man died due to ill health while walking from Sinjar mountains to re-unite with his family at the border. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
A displaced family from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, mourns the death of a family member at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour
A displaced family from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, mourns the death of a family member at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014. According to the family, the 40-year-old man died due to ill health while walking from Sinjar mountains to re-unite with his family at the border. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rest as a man stands amongst garbage at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rest as a man stands amongst garbage at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY RELIGION)
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province, August 13, 2014. The White House said the United States was looking with its allies at setting up airlifts and safe land corridors to rescue people, including many from the Yazidi sect stranded on the arid heights of Mount Sinjar near the Syrian border. REUTERS/Ari Jalal (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)