UNHCR: We are working to assist affected families of Shariya camp

Kurdistan 02:40 PM - 2021-06-05

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Saturday, stated Friday afternoon's massive fire in the Shariya camp for the Yazidi IDPs in Duhok governorate.

 

"UNHCR is saddened by the unfortunate incident, the fire in Shariya camp in Dohuk that broke out today and destroyed some 400 tents," UNHCR said in a statement.

 

It added, "we are working with local authorities and partners to determine needs and appropriate ways to provide assistance to the affected families."

 

"We continue to work with authorities and residents on ways to prevent such incidents from reoccurring in the future. We wish all those injured a speedy recovery," the statement said.

 

On Friday afternoon, a massive fire broke out in the Shariya camp for the Yazidi IDPs in Duhok governorate, the fire destroyed more than 400 tents. read more

 

Journalist, Maysir Al-Adani told PUKmedia that more than 900 displaced people remained homeless and lost what they had collected during the past years as a result of the accident.

 

Shariya camp was prepared in 2014 for the Yazidis who were displaced to Duhok after ISIS invaded the Shingal district.

 

The ISIS attacks n the Yazidis in Iraq that began on 3 August 2014 resulted in thousands being killed: the United Nations estimates that 5,000 Yazidi men died in the massacre. Yazidi men who refused to convert to Islam were executed and dumped in mass graves; many boys were forced to become child soldiers.

 

An estimated 7,000 Yazidi women and girls, some as young as nine, were enslaved and forcibly transferred to locations in Iraq and eastern Syria. Held in sexual slavery, survivors reported being repeatedly sold, gifted, or passed around among ISIS fighters.

 

ISIS gained full control of one-third of Iraq till 2017 when Iraq announced regaining full control of the provinces of Nineveh, Anbar, and Saladin and parts of Kirkuk and Diyala. The terrorists lost their last stronghold in Syria in 2019.

 

 

 

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