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Duhok: Turkish bombardments displace Shingal and Christian IDPs again, set forest aflame, cut off water
The byzantine Turk has been busy lately
[Rudaw] Yazidis displaced from Shingal in 2014 have now been forced to flee IDP camps in Zakho due to nearby Ottoman Turkish bombardments.

More than 3,000 people have had to leave Bersive 1, Bersive 2 and Derkar camps due to Ottoman Turkish operations in the area, according to Khalat Osman, the municipal manager of Zakho's camps.

"War happens every day, with constant Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s. We're very scared. Each of us has struggled with mental health issues at some point," said Amira Ilyas, who lives in Bersive 1 camp.

Families have left the camps for Shingal and villages in Zakho.

“When we fled ISIS [the Islamic state] we came here and started planting tomatoes on the Ottoman Turkish border. Airstrikes take place every day. They use RPGs and mortars to attack this area. No one dares come here," said Murad Khidr, who is now living in Karne village.

"My family moved here today. We heard jets and machine guns, and our families were terrified. That's why people leave the camps," Hassan Naamat said from the village.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
 launched renewed operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Duhok province in April. Several civilians have been injured and numerous villages emptied due to the offensive.

Turkish bombardment causes massive fire in Duhok forest: official
[Rudaw] The Ottoman Turkish army bombarded the vicinity of five populated villages in Duhok province on Tuesday, causing a great fire which has led to the scorching of thousands of dunams of land, a local official told Rudaw English on Wednesday.

Sarbast Sabri, mayor of Kani Masi subdistrict, told Rudaw English that the vicinity of Dergelka, Ribarke, Qumri, Dashish, and Baqulke villages in the subdistrict were bombarded by Ottoman Turkish forces Tuesday afternoon.

Most of the fire has burned out so far but small flames remain, he said, adding that so far an estimated 3,000 dunams of land has been burned. "It was done by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
. I saw it because I was near there."

"When the villagers put out one part of the fire, another bomb would land and spark even more fires," said the mayor. Turkey has burned 13,000 dunams of land in Kani Masi since it launched two military operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Duhok on April 23, according to Sabri.

Captain Fuad Ahmed, head of media for the Duhok’s Forest Police and Environment Directorate, told Rudaw English in May that Turkey had burned 4,181 dunams of land in the province in the first five months of 2021. He added Ankara has also burned 56,731 dunams of land in Duhok in ten years. He also said the directorate cannot control fires in areas outside the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

Turkey regularly attacks the Kurdistan Region’s bordering areas on the grounds of targeting PKK’s alleged positions.

Christian villagers under fire in Turkey-PKK clashes
[Rudaw] Navkandalan is a Christian village in the Batifa sub-district of Zakho in northern Duhok. The Christian population there has plummeted from 70 to 40 because of conflict between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey.

The village’s residents demand protection.

"We’re back in the village for the fourth time, where should we go?" said Soqa Issac, a Navkandalan resident. He said the villagers were poor and there was no force to protect them, "neither from Iraq nor the Kurdistan Region."

"We ask the KRG [Kurdistan Regional Government] to give us weapons," he stated.

"I own this flock of sheep, I can’t take my sheep to the foothills," said Basam Eliksan, a livestock farmer. "As soon as jets see them, they launch rockets. The Ottoman Turkish army opens fire with their machine guns and weapons. Also the Workers’ Party (PKK) is blocking our way."

Of the 30 displaced families, 10 have fled to Zakho and Duhok. Other families have left for Australia, the US and Canada.

They were forced to flee to the Kurdistan Region because of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (ISIS) and now, they are displaced because of violence between Turkey and the PKK.

"We fled our homes in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
 to the village because of ISIS," said Nuya Yousif, a refugee in Australia. "The situation was not good in the village either because of the Ottoman Turkish army. After fleeing the village, I travelled to Turkey with my children. From Turkey we flew to Australia."

Eleven Christian villages have been evacuated as a result of the recent conflict, according to Zakho Cathedral. Almost 500 Christian families have been displaced so far.

Turkish bombardment leaves Duhok villagers without water
[Rudaw] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey’s recent bombardment in the vicinity of several villages in Duhok province has damaged the water pipes of two villages causing the residents to go without water for days. The lack of security in the area has delayed repair work, according to locals and the mayor.

About 60 families in Grke and the Christian-populated Dashish villages have been struggling to find drinking water after the Ottoman Turkish army bombarded the area on Tuesday. Some have bought water and relied on a nearby water channel for their livestock.

Sarbast Sabri, mayor of Kani Masi subdistrict, told Rudaw English on Friday that, "The area is contaminated with mines, preventing us from sending repair teams."

The villagers have risked their lives by repairing the pipes as the area is regularly bombarded by Turkey on the grounds that fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party are present there.

Sabri also said a permanent solution to the water issue is not possible now but, "When the security of the area improves, we will bury the pipes in the ground."

This is the third time the pipes have been damaged in 20 days, according to the mayor. The source of the water is in Adne valley.
Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-19
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