- Yazidi group calls on U.S. to keep troops in Syria “This is an existential threat to minorities like the Yazidis”
- Pompeo embarks on trip to Middle East, will visit all GCC countries as well as Jordan and Egypt to reassure regional partners
- After decades of oppression in Syria, Kurds fear they will lose newfound stability and safety
- Turkey’s past actions give no reason to trust them to leave Kurds in peace
- German politician calls for UN to intervene in Syria and protect Kurds from Turkey
- Netherlands brings warplanes home, but will continue to train Peshmerga in Iraq
- Christian members of Kurdish led Syrian Democratic Forces call on international community to prevent a genocide of religious minorities at hands of Turkish and Turkish backed troops