text: Two operations codenamed "Provide Comfort" sought to defend people of this ethnicity.
full_question: Two operations codenamed "Provide Comfort" sought to defend people of this ethnicity. The Soviet- sponsored Republic of Mahabad was a short-lived state for people of this ethnicity. Some people of this ethnicity practice a syncretic religion that worships the Peacock Angel, Melek Taus. Political leaders from this ethnicity include Mustafa and Masoud Barzani. A rebel group that supports a state for these people is the PKK. These people were massacred with chemical weapons at Halabja by the regime of Saddam Hussein. People of this ethnicity formed the peshmerga army, which still fights ISIS forces at cities such as Kirkuk. For 10 points, name this oft-oppressed ethnic group that lives in eastern Turkey and northern Iraq.
first_sentence: Two operations codenamed "Provide Comfort" sought to defend people of this ethnicity.
raw_answer: Kurds [or Kurdish; anti-prompt on Yazidis]