40,000 Yazidi refugees trapped in Iraqi mountains, face dehydration, starvation

Desperate to reach tens of thousands of people who fled the Islamist militant takeover of the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar and are now trapped in rugged mountains outside the city, international aid officials and representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government on Wednesday called for the United States to mount a humanitarian mission to reach the beleaguered refugees.

40,000 Yazidi refugees trapped in Iraqi mountains, face dehydration, starvation