YAZIDIS said today that their holiest site was under threat of occupation by Turkish forces as they warned of another attempt to eradicate their religion. 

The Yazidi Union of Afrin, in the northern Syrian enclave known as Rojava, issued a written statement condemning Ankara for its bombardment of the Shengal region of Iraq. 

And it accused the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of colluding with Turkey, which enabled the attacks on the Yazidi community. It said it had lost trust in the party which leads the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).