The humanitarian crisis of trapped Yazidi group in Sinjar Mountain have ended for those who survived the risk of extreme hunger and thirst after they fled from the Sunni militants, reports said.

President Barack Obama has called off the rescue mission of those left Yazidi refugees after the U.S. special forces found the situation was not grave as what they previously expected, the Pentagon said on a statement.

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The Yazidi’s condition on Mt. Sinjar has improved and Americans should be proud of the U.S. efforts, Obama confirmed.

Some reports indicated that Obama emphasized that U.S. government has led the humanitarian operation to save the victims of war and put them into safety.

“We broke the ISIL siege of Mount Sinjar,” he added.

Pentagon press secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said there are only around 4,000 to 5,000 Yazidi members, who remained in the barren mountain, after tens of thousands of refugees have climbed down the mountain and spilling across the north of Iraq. The threat of mass violence on Mount Sinjar has passed, Kirby told reporters.

Kurdish officials and other Yazidi civilians, however, said that those who are still staying on Mt. Sinjar are the ones who needs more humanitarian aid. The elderly, sick individuals and children can't afford to move to a safer place due to lack of energy to walk.

According to Ali Safar Murad, who escaped to Sinjar and stayed on the mountain to help other Yazidi members, the conditions of the vulnerable refugees are failing quickly. Food and water are scarce. Access to water is also one of the biggest struggles there, he said.

Though U.S. military has been providing aids, relief supplies, through airdrops, Murad explained that there is no food and water supplies have reached those refugees at the shrine.

Farhad Atrushi, the northern Kurdistan region’s province of Dahuk governor, supported Murad’s claims saying there are more people who are still in need of rescue, opposing the U.S team assessment.

He might not sure on the exact number of the refugees on top of the mountain but he is sure that their conditions worsen and everyone is suffering, Atrushi added.

Tags Yazidis, Iraq, U.S., war, IS