Stork : ISIS offensive in northern Mosul a catastrophe for Stork and Kurdish . Yazidis driven to mountains are now escaping , but the threat remains , Stork says . Stork : Some fleeing Yazidis suffered , died in rugged mountains . On August 6 , I visited a Yazidi village south of Duhuk -- a magnet for 60,000 to 70,000 of the fleeing Yazidis . the Islamic State considers members of religious minority to be `` devil worshippers , '' he says .
Stork : ISIS offensive in northern Mosul a catastrophe for Stork and Kurdish . Yazidis driven to mountains are now escaping , but the threat remains , Stork says . Stork : Some fleeing Yazidis suffered , died in rugged mountains . the Islamic State considers members of religious minority to be `` devil worshippers , '' he says .