According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom's annual report for 2015, Yazidis and Christians in Iraq and Syria have endured a 'systematic campaign' of persecution which has included summary executions, forced conversions, rape, sexual enslavement, child abduction, and destruction of houses of worship.
Ayotte highlights severe persecution faced by Yazidis and Christians in Iraq and Syria.
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