Shiite Iraqi Kurdish women known as 'Shabak' displaced by fierce fighting between Kurdish peshmerga forces and jihadist militants from the Islamic...
{"Image ImageDescription": "Shiite Iraqi Kurdish women, known as \"Shabak\", displaced by fierce fighting between Kurdish peshmerga forces and jihadist militants from the Islamic State (IS) hand plastic sheets in the village of Nahiya some 50 kilometres north of the city of Arbil on September 17, 2014. According to the United Nations rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein minorities have borne the brunt of the Sunni jihadists' attacks, with Turkmen, Shabak, Christians, Yazidi, Kurds and Shiite Muslims targeted for attacks \"aimed at destroying, suppressing or cleansing them from areas under their control\" AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED SAWAF        (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP via Getty Images)"}