Additionally , the YPG , YPJ and the PKK were involved in an August 2014 military operation at Mount Sinjar , where up to as many as 10,000 Yazidis were rescued from genocidal attacks at the hands of ISIL . ISIL had taken control of most areas around Mount Sinjar after pushing out the Kurdish Peshmerga forces . Because ISIL views the Yazidis as " a community of devil worshipers " those formerly inhabiting the town of Sinjar were forced to flee into the mountains . This left many Yazidis , including children and the elderly , without food , shelter , or resources . Those still in the town were either massacred by ISIL or forced into sexual enslavement
genocidal attacks
Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
Women's Protection Units