Yazidi refugees trapped for a week

World Today

The escalating humanitarian crisis in Iraq has pushed the international community to step up aid efforts.

For its part, the U.S. announced its sending a group to the country to assess the deteriorating situation in the north, where thousands of members of the Yazidi religious group are trapped by Islamic State fighters.

CCTV’s Jim Spellman reports.

Yazidi refugees trapped for a week

The escalating humanitarian crisis in Iraq has pushed the international community to step up aid efforts.