They had been on their way back to Sinjar, just a few miles away.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Operation Homecoming'

In Sinjar, west of Mosul, some Yazidis, who predominate there, say the Kurds want to force them to vote for the Kurdish list.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

Captured records from a raid near the city of Sinjar, Iraq, indicated that during the 2006-2007 time frame, 8% of al Qaeda in Iraq operatives were Syrians.

CNN: Terrorist group fills power vacuum among Syria rebels