AdvertisementIn A Somber Homecoming, Yazidis Grieve And Watch Over Their DeadFebruary 12, 2015Ari ShapirofacebookEmailIn August, the self-proclaimed Islamic State seized territory near the northern Iraqi village of Hardan. A handful of Yazidis who fled have returned to a grim discovery: mass burial pits. Naif Brahem Khadir holds a traditional man's headdress with blood stains and a bullet hole. It was half-buried in a mound near the village. He believes his uncle and his cousin are among the bodies here. (NPR)