Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Who Are the Yazidi?
President Obama said one of the reasons for the airstrikes in Iraq is to protect a little-known ethnic minority called the Yazidis. Who are they, why are we defending them, and what other ethnic groups are at risk as ISIS advances?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPresident Obama said one of the reasons for the airstrikes in Iraq is to protect a little-known ethnic minority called the Yazidis. Who are they, why are we defending them, and what other ethnic groups are at risk as ISIS advances?
