Sulayman from Tel Azair village near Sinjar town, fled into the Sinjar mountain with his wife and eight children. His youngest is only 10 months. They spent a total of 8 days in the mountain before they were able to find their way to the Syrian border.
More than half a million Iraqis have been uprooted by the violence of Islamic State militants since early June. The International Rescue Committee has been working around the clock to provide life saving aid to those who have fled to the northern Kurdistan region and across the Syrian border.