Isis treatment of Yazidis shows its hatred for us all

As the battle for Aleppo imposes awful hardship, the brutalisation of the Yazidi people should not be forgotten

‘People, who become brutalised in their desperate efforts to get victory over their opponents or to exploit weaker nations or weaker men, not only drag down themselves but mankind also.”

The words are those of Mahatma Gandhi. The year was 1931.

The wisdom of Gandhi’s words has never been better illustrated than in the merciless atrocities being committed by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Until recently, the savagery of Isis inside its ...