Watching Genocide On Liveleak

Yazidis dying on their sacred mountain

A bridal photo session by some ruins in Sinjar. Photo by Azhar Al-Rubaie on Unsplash

As the Taliban recently conquered Kabul, I was brought back in my mind to 2014. At that time, I was watching what was later to be declared a genocide, in real time on Liveleak. ISIS warriors were terrorising everyone and everything, wherever they advanced in Syria and Iraq.