Ethnic and religious minorities

'See the world through the eyes of a child': Tim Ballard on working to save Syria's children

Ex-DHS agent Tim Ballard is hailed by some as a hero and viewed by others as a controversial figure. During a recent trip to Syria, he took part in efforts to rescue children trapped in the conflict.

Women and children walk on land between Daraa and Sweida, Syria, July 17, 2025.
 Members of Syrian security forces ride on a back of a truck after Syrian troops entered the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday following two days of clashes, in Sweida, Syria July 15, 2025.

Syria pledges to form committee to investigate clashes in Sweida

Iranian newspapers are seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Iran carrying out major crackdown in wake of ceasefire, arresting Israel 'collaborators'

 Flags are displayed as supporters of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and pro-Israel demonstrators gather outside the Iranian embassy during a protest in London, Britain, June 22, 2025.

The narrative of ethnic fragmentation in Iran is a dangerous mistake - opinion


Israel's new status will be defending non-Islamist minorities in the Middle East - opinion

In witnessing the persecution and suffering of the Middle East’s Christian communities, Israel is willing to posture itself as a defender of minorities suffering from extreme Islamism.

Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz confer in the Knesset. Learning of the events at the Druze village Jaramana, Netanyahu, together with Katz, declared: ‘We will not allow the extremist Islamist regime in Syria to harm the Druze; if the regime harms them, it will face consequences from us.'

Are DEI changes coming to Israel? - interview

Israeli CEO Inbal Horesh spoke to The Jerusalem Post about Israel's likely future DEI initiatives.

A flyer shows support for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

Top diplomats urge respect for minorities in Syria at Aqaba conference

Blinken said at a news conference that the rebels had agreed on a joint communique that also calls for an inclusive and representative government.

 Officials attend the meeting of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.

The free world must support Iran's minorities in toppling the Iranian regime - opinion

It is the duty of the free world to support the protests seeking “women, life, freedom” and the minorities of Iran wishing to establish a national government separate from Tehran.

 IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gestures after he votes during parliamentary elections in Tehran, earlier this month. Iran, like all dictatorial regimes, will one day fall and we in the free world have a duty to accelerate this process, says the writer.

US religious freedom commission leaves Saudi Arabia after rabbi co-chair told to remove kippah

Cooper, an Orthodox rabbi and the director of global social action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center advocacy group, “politely” refused the request with the backing of US embassy staff.

 THE FLAG of Saudi Arabia flies at the Saudi Embassy in Washington.

American Jewry is a blessing and a curse - opinion

Recent events, however, do require some rethinking and realignment on the part of both individuals and the community

 PHOTOS AND descriptions of Israelis kidnapped on October 7by Hamas are displayed outside a house in New York.US Jews are mired in a two-edged crisis. Neither their physical home nor their ancestral and spiritual homeland is safe anymore, the writer laments.

Plight of Iran’s Jews a reminder of its terror against women, minorities - opinion

Iran's Jews were forced to protest against Israel's actions in Gaza. Yet Tehran tellingly turned a blind eye to the Hamas' horrific crimes against women.

 Iranian women gather during the funeral ceremony of Milad Heydari and Meghdad Mahghani, members of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Damascus, held in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2023.

More than 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh refugees arrive in Armenia

"The situation often involves families arriving with children so weak that they have fainted in their parents' arms," an aid representative said.

 Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh arrive in Kornidzor

Ethnic Armenians will leave Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan says it will guarantee their rights and integrate the region but the leadership of the Armenians in Karabakh stated that they would leave.

 Protesters gather near the government building, after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia, September 19, 2023

Professor resigns after allegedly faking Native American identity

University of California, Riverside professor, Andrea Smith, has faced accusations for years that alleged she was co-opting an identity that wasn’t her own.

 Photograph of Gloria Wells on the left and Andrea Smith on the right taken at the 2011 Annual Women's Studies Conference on Saturday March 26th, 2011.

Israeli court orders to evict 500 Bedouin from unrecognized village

The residents had argued that they owned and resided on the land for generations, prior to the 1970 Land Law that registered land and established state-owned real estate.

 A man stands near a structure that was demolished by Israeli authorities, at the Bedouin village of Khirbet al-Hamidiyeh, in the northern Jordan Valley, on June 17, 2023