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Iraq shuts last ‘safe haven’ camps for vulnerable displaced | AFP

November 13, 2020January 23, 2021 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here November 13, 2020]

Shredded tarp flutters from the metal frames of what were once thousands of tent homes. After five years hosting displaced Iraqis, the vast camp was emptied in under 48 hours.

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Barely alive after IS, Syrian babies haunted by malnutrition | AFP

February 8, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here February 8, 2019]

They survived the Islamic State group’s crumbling “caliphate” by a thread, but skeletal babies streaming into this displacement camp in northeastern Syria now face a race against malnutrition.

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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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