Yazidi parents caught up in Muslim ban reunite with severely burned son

Published February 23rd, 2017 - 03:05 GMT
An Iraqi Yazidi family that fled violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar sits at a school. [AFP]
An Iraqi Yazidi family that fled violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar sits at a school. [AFP]

If you are looking for a bittersweet, heartwarming video, then go no further--this emotional clip by CNN shows a Yazidi toddler who finally returns to the loving embrace of his family after being separated for four months. Yazidis, a sizeable ethno-religious minority in Iraq, have been targets of the monstrosity that is Daesh and subjected to particularly gruesome treatment by the terrorist organization.

In the case of little Dilbireen, he survived a fire in a refugee camp but sustained severe burns. After flying to the United States for medical care in October, he was delayed from seeing his family members because of Trump’s Muslim ban.

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