It is the oppression of religious minorities. virtually any religion other than that of the Sunni extremists who would fit within ISILs narrow definition of who they think true believers are. This is what people are fleeing from. This Senator emphasizes this point: Refugees are not our enemies. They are not foreign enemies. They are victims who deserve compassion. This is a fairly famous photograph from a suburb of Damascus. Yarmouk. that is filled with Palestinian refugees who have been waiting for food. The Assad regime had cordoned them off and would not allow humanitarian aid because they thought there were opponents to the regime in this neighborhood. This was a photo that was taken in January of 2014 when the U.N. could finally come in to try to deliver humanitarian food aid to these folks.
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