Displaced Yazidis Head Back to Sinjar as Coronavirus Lockdown Bites

Wife of displaced Yazidi Nayef al-Hamo sits with her neighbours on the road as she heads back to Sinjar following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and economic crisis, near Dohuk, Iraq July 3, 2020. Ari Jalal/Reuters

SHARYA, Iraq—Hundreds of Yazidi families driven from their hometown of Sinjar in northern Iraq years ago are now returning as the impact of coronavirus lockdown measures makes their lives in exile even harder.

Many have lost their jobs and aid from donors in Sharya, where they have been living since they fled Sinjar in 2014.