- Title: Syrians continue to flee from Raqqa as clashes intensify
- Date: 7th August 2017
- Summary: AIN ISSA, NORTH OF RAQQA, SYRIA (AUGUST 7, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TENTS, CLOTHES SEEN HANGING AT THE AIN ISSA REFUGEE CAMP DISPLACED WOMAN WASHING PLATES VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DRINKING WATER OUT OF A LARGE CONTAINER MEN AND WOMEN SITTING IN A TENT MAN WALKING THROUGH THE CAMP (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN WOMAN DISPLACED FROM RAQQA, RUKAYA, SAYIKNG: "[The camp] is OK, but the heat is killing us. The heat is unbelievable. They have given us water and bread, and they give us aid but it is not enough. Since I arrived I am yet to receive anything. There is bread and water and they provide us with one meal a day. That's all I know, I haven't been here for long." DISPLACED PEOPLE GATHERED IN A LARGE TENT FAMILY SITTING ON THE GROUND PREPARING TO EAT YOUNG BOY EATING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE EATING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN MAN DISPLACED FROM RAQQA, AHMAD ASSAF, SAYING: "We would try to escape somewhere safe, but they (Islamic State militants) would follow us to the safe places. They would target these locations with mortars, these were hand-held mortars. They would fire at us, then the planes would come. [The militants] would escape and we would be left there." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE RECEIVING FOOD FROM BACK OF TRUCK WOMEN STANDING WITH THEIR CHILDREN VEILED WOMAN'S EYES WOMEN AND CHILDREN
- Embargoed: 21st August 2017 21:53
- Keywords: Displaced people village of Ain Issa conflict in Raqqa humanitarian camp
- Location: AIN ISSA, NORTH OF RAQQA, SYRIA
- City: AIN ISSA, NORTH OF RAQQA, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA0016T5SSHZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Syrians who have fled the embattled city Raqqa said on Monday (August 7) that the gruelling summer heat and lack of resources were making life increasingly difficult.
At a camp for the displaced in the village of Ain Issa north of Raqqa, people who recently arrived said that although they receive bread and water, it is not enough to sustain them throughout the scorching summer.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched its U.S.-backed campaign to seize Raqqa in early June. The assault on Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria overlapped with the campaign to drive IS out of the Iraqi city of Mosul, where IS was defeated last month.
Last week, the World Health Organisation said there were critical shortages of medical supplies in Raqqa, where it estimated up to 50,000 civilians remained. Separately, Medecins Sans Frontieres said many sick and wounded people were trapped. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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