 While these killings were taking place , nearby Kurdish , Arab and Yazidi tribes were encouraged to loot Assyrian villages . Kurdish tribes of Gulli , Sindi and <unk> were encouraged by the mayor of Zakho to loot villages to the northeast of Simele , while Yazidis and Kurds also raided Assyrian villages in <unk> and Amadiya . Most women and children from those villages took refuge in Simele and Dohuk . 
