Yazidis decide that enough is enough and it's time to strike back... against Arab villagers and stea

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[QUOTE]Yazidis, whose ancient religion has elements of Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam, suffered grievously after ISIS' rapid offensive last year. Hundreds were killed and thousands captured, enslaved and raped by the Sunni Muslim militants, who consider Yazidis devil worshippers.

Now some Yazidis are striking back.
More than a dozen Sunni Arab residents have told journalists that armed groups of Yazidis raided four of their villages in Sinjar two weeks ago, killing at least 21 people. A further 17 went missing.

Residents of Sibaya, now staying in another village about 28 miles away, say they helped Yazidis escape in August and stashed away their belongings for safekeeping, even though the jihadis punished those who were found doing so.

Sunni residents admitted several men from Sibaya had joined the militants but said they were killed or fled to Syria when Kurdish peshmerga forces drove Islamic State from the area in December.
After regaining control, the peshmerga confiscated weapons from Arab villagers, who began to receive threats from Yazidis, culminating in the attack on Sibaya and Chiri on January 25.

Dozens of civilian cars began to arrive from the direction of Gohbal and men, whom the Arab villagers identified as local Yazidis helped themselves to household appliances, vehicles and livestock.
Those who stayed said they saw the men spread out through Sibaya and pour petrol from jerry cans before setting fire to the village, incinerating several elderly people in their homes.

Yazidi fighter Qassem Shesho, who is close to the dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party, confirmed he had been in Sibaya and Chiri that day, but denied his men were responsible.
'Our traditions do not allow for that kind of behaviour,' he said, blaming 'extremists' serving a foreign agenda - a reference to the rival Kurdistan Workers' Party and its Syrian affiliate, which are fighting in Sinjar and have formed a Yazidi militia there.

Arabs and Yazidis agree Sinjar will never be the same as it was before Islamic State came, when they were friends and farmed together. Many Yazidis no longer trust the peshmerga to defend them, while the newly displaced Arabs, all from the Juhaish tribe, said they would return to their villages only if Kurdish forces physically separated them.
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[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2950684/Revenge-Yazidis-Religious-group-targeted-ISIS-slaughtering-Arabs-say-helped-Islamist-group-persecute-them.html[/url]

Sorry about the source, but it's the only one I've found reporting those incidents.