Displaced Mosul Iraqis in days-long wait for transport to refugee camps

Record ID: 79274

  • Title: Displaced Mosul Iraqis in days-long wait for transport to refugee camps
  • Date: 11th November 2016
  • Summary: SHAHREZAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 11, 2016) (REUTERS) DISPLACED PEOPLE FROM THE INTISAR NEIGHBOURHOOD IN MOSUL GATHERING IN THE VILLAGE OF SHAHREZAD / IRAQI ARMY TANKS SEEN VARIOUS OF DISPLACED PEOPLE SITTING AND STANDING NEAR WALL OF VILLAGE WHEELCHAIR BOUND WOMAN SURROUNDED BY OTHER DISPLACED PEOPLE (MUTE) (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED MAN FROM INTISAR NEIGHBOURHOOD, WAQQAS IBRAHIM, SAYING: "There are families that are fleeing the clashes and strikes perpetrated by Daesh, these families have been in the desert for three days, without water, food or cars. We are waiting for the trucks to transport us to refugee camps, to the safe areas." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE TO RECEIVE FOOD / IRAQI SOLDIERS STANDING BOY CARRYING A PLATE AS HE WAITS IN LINE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE FOR FOOD (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED MAN FROM INTISAR NEIGHBOURHOOD, IBRAHIM ABDULLAH, SAYING: "We escaped from the strikes, Daesh strikes. We could no longer live in our home, so we have been out here for a few days. We want cars to transport us to the camps, we want to find shelter." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BEING SERVED FOOD MEN CARRYING PLATES OF FOOD AWAY FROM BACK OF TRUCK BOY WAITING TO RECEIVE FOOD VARIOUS OF DISPLACED PEOPLE EATING FROM PLATES ON GROUND VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BOARDING TRUCKS SOLDIER STANDING ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK / DISPLACED PEOPLE NEARBY GIRL SITTING IN BACK OF A TRUCK VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF TRUCK
  • Embargoed: 26th November 2016 12:32
  • Keywords: Displaced Iraqis refugees wait transport camp Shahrezad
  • Location: SHAHREZAD, IRAQ
  • City: SHAHREZAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015802ZIF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Iraqis from the Intisar neighbourhood in eastern Mosul who fled Islamic State militants said on Friday (November 11) they had had a days-long wait for transport to refugee camps.
    Hundreds of civilians are gathered in the Shahrezad district, now behind the Iraqi army's frontline.
    "There are families that are fleeing the clashes and strikes perpetrated by Daesh, these families have been in the desert for three days, without water, food or cars. We are waiting for the trucks to transport us to refugee camps, to the safe areas," said Waqqas Ibrahim, using an Arabic acronym for the militants.
    Another man, Ibrahim Abdullah, said: "We escaped from the strikes, Daesh strikes. We could no longer live in our home, so we have been out here for a few days. We want cars to transport us to the camps, we want to find shelter."
    Thousands of people have left Mosul since Iraq's regular troops and special forces - along with Shi'ite militias, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and other groups launched their campaign to retake the city nearly three weeks ago.
    So far 31,000 people have been displaced, of whom more than 3,000 have already returned to their homes, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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