Fall, Family, and Memes: I WANT MY MUM
27 JUL: Twelve-year-old Emad Tamo was captured by so-called Islamic State in 2014, when the militants overran the Sinjar area of northern Iraq and purged the local Yazidi population. Emad’s mother – who escaped to Canada – knew nothing about her son’s fate, until she saw pictures of him on social media following the fall of Mosul. Now they hope to be reunited. For more: bbc.in-emad Yazidi Yazidis EmadTammo Iraq Canada Refugee Family BBCShorts BBCNews @BBCNews