
Medic on the frontline against IS
Khanza Ali is treating hundreds of Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar in Iraq
Khanza Ali says she's the only full-time medic working on Mount Sinjar in Iraq. In 2014, thousands of Yazidi people fled up the mountain after being attacked by fighters from the so called Islamic State. Around 9,000 displaced people still live there. When Khanza - who's a Syrian Kurd - heard of their plight, she was determined to help. She trained as a medic with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and, since September of last year, has been working in the area which some call the 'Mountain of Death'. Khanza spends her days caring for refugees and also Peshmerga fighters injured in ongoing battles against IS.
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