Merkel says should consider protected zones for Yazidis in northern Iraq
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PADERBORN- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday plans should be considered to give Yazidis in Iraq protected areas to retreat to in the north of the country.
"The plans are not finished yet, I'll be honest with you, but they are on the agenda," Merkel told a conference of the youth wing of her conservatives, adding that the survival of the Yazidis was at stake.
United Nations investigators said in June that Islamic State was committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the religious community of 400,000 people through killings, sexual slavery and other crimes.
Merkel said it was necessary to think about how the Yazidis driven out of their homes by ISIS could be given a "safe space" to which they could return once Islamic State was defeated.
