Iraq evacuation of Yazidis on hold as White House declares siege is over

Obama administration and military back away from talk of rescue mission after receiving reports from Mount Sinjar The Obama administration has ruled out for now a risky US military mission to rescue thousands of Iraqis stranded on a northern Iraqi mountain, declaring a siege by Islamist extremists to be over. After a small complement of special forces and US aid workers landed on Mount Sinjar to assess the situation of the Iraqi Yazidis who for days have received air drops of food, water and med...