Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- As violence continues to wrack Iraq, another ethnic slaughter may be in the making by Sunni extremists from ISIS. 

ISIS fighters have besieged the ethnic Turkmen Shiite town of Amerli in the north for two months, and its fewer than 20,000 residents are without power and running out of food, water and medical supplies. 

"The situation of the people in Amerli is desperate and demands immediate action to prevent the possible massacre of its citizens," said Nickolay Mladenov, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative for Iraq. 

He said the suffering was "unspeakable" and demanded that the Shiite majority Iraqi government "relieve the siege" on Amerli. 

Small town fights ISIS 

About 5,000 families live in Amerli, which has been under siege for 70 days, according to Dr. Ali Albayati, head of the Turkmen Saving Foundation. He told CNN the town is running without electricity, is out of medicine and can only turn to wells for water. 

Nearly three dozen villages surrounding Amerli are already under ISIS control, Albayati said. The people of Amerli are relying on the Iraqi government to take them out by helicopter or support them with food drops, Albayati said. In the past 10 days, he added, only one flight has delivered food. 

Surrounded on four sides, the 17,400 residents have had to defend themselves with only the help of local police, said Masrwr Aswad of Iraq's Human Rights Commission. 

Their situation echoes the ordeal of Iraq's ethnic Yazidis, whose plight after they were forced to flee into the mountains to escape militants ISIS triggered U.S. aid drops and the first U.S. airstrikes against ISIS.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How long has Amerli been under siege?
2. How long has the town of Amerli been under siege?
3. Amerli has been under siege for how long?
Q2:
1. Who is responsible for besieging Amerli?
2. Who has put the town of Amerli under siege?
3. Who is behind the attack on Amerli?
Q3:
1. How many people reside in Amerli?
2. How many people live in the town of Amerli?
3. How many people are residing in Amerli?
Q4:
1. Where are residents of Amerli getting water from during the siege?
2. Where are people in Amerli getting their water from during the siege?
3. Because of the siege, where are Amerli's residents getting their water from?
Q5:
1. Who is reporting information on Amerli?
2. Who is reporting information about the siege on Amerli?
3. Who is relaying information on Amerli?
Q6:
1. Is anyone specific reporting information about Amerli?
2. Who specifically is giving out information about the siege in Amerli?
3. Is anyone specifically reporting information about the siege going on in Amerli?
Q7:
1. What does Dr. Ali Albayati do?
2. What is Dr. Ali Albayati's occupation?
3. Who is Dr. Ali Albayati?
Q8:
1. How is food being given to the people in Amerli?
2. How is food being transported to the residents of Amerli?
3. During the siege, how are people of Amerli receiving food?
Q9:
1. Who is providing food drops for the people of Amerli?
2. Who is doing the food drops in the twon of Amerli?
3. Who is behind the food drops for Amerli's residents?
Q10:
1. How many food drops have been carried out in Amerli recently?
2. What number of food drops have been done in Amerli recently?
3. Recently, how many food drops have Amerli's residents received?
Q11:
1. Have the residents of Amerli had to defend themselves?
2. Has there been a need for the people of Amerli to defend themselves?
3. Have Amerli residents had to protect themselves?
Q12:
1. Is anyone helping the residents of Amerli defend themselves?
2. Is anyone helping defend the people of Amerli?
3. Are the people living in Amerli getting help to defend themselves?
Q13:
1. Who is helping Amerli's residents defend themselves?
2. Who is helping protect the people in Amerli?
3. Who is aiding the residents of Amerli in self-defense?
Q14:
1. Are the people of Amerli at some sort of disadvantage when it comes to protecting themselves?
2. Do the residents of Amerli face some sort of disadvantage when it comes to defending themselves?
3. 
Q15:
1. What disadvantage do Amerli's residents face while defending themselves?
2. What disadvantage do the people of Amerli face while defending themselves?
3. 
Q16:
1. Does the situation at Amerli remind us of any other?
2. Does the story of Amerli's siege remind one of other similar events?
3. Is Amerli's situation reminiscent of other times?
Q17:
1. What happened in the event that was similar to the events in Amerli?
2. What happened in the situation that closely mimicked the proceedings in Amerli?
3. 
Q18:
1. Did anyone help the Yazidis in Iraq?
2. During the ordeal the Yazidis faced from ISIS, were they helped by anyone?
3. Were Iraq's Yazidis helped by anyone during their siege?
Q19:
1. Who helped Iraq's Yazidis when they were besieged?
2. Who came to the Yazidis aid?
3. Who helped the Yazidis during the siege on their town?
Q20:
1. How did the U.S. help Yazidis in Iraq?
2. How did U.S. help Iraq's Yazidis when they had to flee ISIS militants?
3. In what ways did the U.S. help Yazidis in Iraq?
Q21:
1. What was unique about the U.S. helping Yazidi folk in Iraq?
2. What was notable about the U.S.' way of helping the Yazidis against the militant attacks in Iraq?
3. What was noteworthy about the U.S. helping the Yazidis in Iraq?
