Yazidi survivors of the ISIS onslaught have found temporary shelter and safety in the city of Zakho, near the Syrian/Turkish borders. These internally displaced people have an uncertain future - however one overwhelming consensus and certainty is that none will to return to their former communities. 

One survivor was quoted as saying "how can we return? Our neighbors tried to kill us with guns when ISIS came to the area, how could we ever trust them again?"

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