For Yazidis in Greece, safety and security is still out of reach
On the long drive to Petra camp near Mount Olympus in northern Greece, cost Salim Noah is voice-chatting on WhatsApp continuously. He sounds agitated and I ask him to translate from the Kurdish: “One hundred and thirty Yazidis arrived to Petra just last night from Cherso camp. Muslims were attacking them.” Petra is the only […]
White House weighing air support for Iraq–while children and the old die on mountain-top
White House weighing air support for Iraq David Jackson and Jim Michaels, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — President Obama is considering options to assist trapped minorities in Iraq, including possible airstrikes, a government official said. Obama has already authorized airdrops of food, water and medicine, the official said. The administration has been mulling options for weeks, […]
