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Civilians stream out of Baghouz | BBC Scotland

February 16, 2019June 13, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

I spoke to BBC Scotland’s Isabel Fraser and Gordon Brewer on February 16, 2019 on the deeply disturbing state of civilians fleeing the final Islamic State group pocket of Baghouz in eastern Syria.

Listen in here, with my interview starting around 1:07:00.

Tribal truckers, praying paramedics: mixed bag on last IS front | AFP

February 15, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on February 15, 2019]

As destitute civilians stumble out of the Islamic State group’s last enclave in east Syria, a mixed bag of unlikely characters are pitching in to help get them to safety.

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In Syria, families flee IS holdout to dust and desperation | AFP

February 14, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on February 14, 2019]

The cry echoed across the chalk-dry Syrian plain: “Water!” Within seconds, the truck carrying a few dozen bottles was emptied by parched refugees who had spent the night out in the open.

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Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout | AFP

February 13, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on February 13, 2019]

The ferocious battle for the Islamic State group’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted families left the ever-shrinking scrap of land where holdout jihadists have been boxed in by Kurdish-led forces.

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In eastern Syria, the infants of a dying IS ‘caliphate’ | AFP

February 12, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on February 12, 2019]

They were born in a “state” that no longer exists, most to fathers who are dead and mothers whose countries don’t want them back. These are the children pouring out of Baghouz.

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Fleeing IS holdout, French women say foreigners still inside | AFP

February 11, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on February 11, 2019]

Two French women who fled the Islamic State group’s last pocket in Syria told AFP on Monday more foreigners were trapped inside, barred from leaving by Iraqi jihadists.
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People have to eat. Two days after the sadistic attack at Tayaran Square, vegetable stalls and day-laborers are back, trying to earn enough to survive #Iraq's economic downturn. But they've got plenty of questions. Why now? Is this the first attack of many? And why weren't security forces able to stop the two bombers? In my latest for AFP, I take a look at what this attack might tell us about Iraq's security forces, worn down by Covid-19, political infighting and corruption. Link in bio.
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