Sinjar Mountains refugee crisis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sinjar_Mountains_refugee_crisis
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf refugee crisis
gptkbp:affectedPopulation gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Yazidis
gptkbp:cause ISIL offensive
gptkbp:consequence mass displacement
deaths from starvation and dehydration
international condemnation of ISIL
gptkbp:date August 2014
gptkbp:displacedPeople tens of thousands
gptkbp:eventType humanitarian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sinjar Mountains refugee crisis
gptkbp:location gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Sinjar_Mountains
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international
gptkbp:notableAction Iraqi Air Force airdropped supplies
Kurdish forces opened a humanitarian corridor
PKK and YPG fighters assisted evacuation
UK and France provided aid
US President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes
gptkbp:notableEvent August 13, 2014
August 7, 2014
August 3, 2014
gptkbp:notableFor US airstrikes
Kurdish rescue operation
humanitarian airdrops
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Kurdish_Peshmerga
gptkb:US_military
gptkb:YPG
gptkb:PKK
gptkbp:notableVictim Yazidi women and children
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Sinjar_massacre
gptkb:Genocide_of_Yazidis_by_ISIL
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:castle
gptkb:international_relations
displacement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2014_Sinjar_massacre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6