Syrian Kurds leave country, facing threat from militants – Moscow

Syrian Kurds leave country, facing threat from militants – Moscow

The unsettled domestic crisis in Syria has created numerous problems, including the rapid growth in the number of Syrian refugees, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, commenting on the plight of Syrian Kurds. Many Kurdish refugees are seeking refuge in neighboring states to hide from “the atrocities committed by the militants of the terrorist groups Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” a statement on the ministry’s website said. The disastrous situation stemmed “from the economic breakdown caused by unilateral sanctions by the United States, the EU and others against the Syrian Arab Republic,” it added.