ethnic Kurds

Aid Groups Warn of Humanitarian Crisis from Turkey’s Assault on Syria

By James Reinl
Aid groups operating in northeastern Syria have been raising the alarm about civilian casualties and an impending humanitarian crisis this week, as Turkey began a military assault on the turbulent region’s Kurdish militants.

Minorities Threatened More by Governments than Terrorist Groups, Says Study

By Thalif Deen
In the conflict-ridden Middle East, minority groups continue to be threatened, attacked and expelled from their home countries by terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).