Iraq's long-persecuted Yazidi and Assyrian Christian minorities are blasting claims by the country's Kurdish Regional Government that its refusal to let them return home aims only to protect them. The clash between the KRG and the two minority groups erupted earlier this week, signaling strains in what had been a solid anti-ISIS alliance of Kurds with Assyrians and Yazidis. Expand / Contract Many of the Yazidi and Assyrian familes have been at refugee camps near the Iraq-Turkish border. Their movements are still being impeded by Kurdish forces. It belongs to the Christians (Assyrians) and Yazidis who have been living there for thousands of years.”Perry Chiaramonte is a reporter for FoxNews.com.

Source: Fox News February 16, 2017 19:52 UTC