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With temperatures reaching 100 degrees, the conditions on the Sinjar Mountains are dire. Most of the Yezidis ran for the hills without food and water. “That’s why it’s been such a dramatic situation for them,” says Moises Saman. “Without supplies on a mountain like that, nobody can survive more than a couple of days.”