ISIS Siege Broken by Kurds and Western Air Attacks

The Daily Mail reports that "[s]ome 45,000 Yazidi refugees have finally been able to escape from Mount Sinjar after U.S. air strikes and a fightback by Kurdish forces appeared to have broken the ten-day siege by Islamic militants." However, there is still the issue of the 300 women captured by ISIS to be sold into slavery. According to the article, one of the reasons ISIS doesn't like the Yazidi is that theirs contain a blue-eye/blonde hair bloodline.

This is not the end of the battle, though. From further down in the same story:

Jihadist forces have made a dramatic push through the north to a position near Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. 

The movement around Qara Tappa suggests they are seeking to grab more territory closer to the capital despite being pounded by air strikes further north at Mount Sinjar. 

The ten-day stand-off at the mountain by IS appears to have been crushed after U.S. bomb drops and a fightback by Kurdish forces allowed nearly 45,000 refugees to escape. 

... An unnamed security source said Islamic militants were now gathering near Qara Tappa, adding: 'It seems they are going to broaden their front with the Kurdish fighters.'