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Syrians facing hunger due to the civil war in their
country flood to Kurdistan region in Iraq's north in
order to survive in freezing cold and winter
conditions. Photo: AA.
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January 14, 2013
DUHOK,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Syrians facing hunger due
to the civil war in their country flood to Kurdistan
region in northern Iraq in order to survive in
freezing cold and winter conditions.
Syrians who can no longer deal with hunger and lack
of fuel rush to northern Iraq by risking death and
walking in freezing weather.
An Anadolu Agency (AA) team of reporters were able
to display the plight of Syrians living in a small
village who arrived after walking in the cold and
snowy weather. The Syrians living in the small
village include many 1-year-old babies.
Fathers whose hair partly
froze and babies unaware of what is taking place at
hands of mothers
Syrians who have reached the villages in Zummar
region, some 60 kilometers away from Duhok, have
taken shelter in homes in ruins and tried to fight
against the cold by burning clothes and pillows.
While the children were seen shivering in cold,
mothers and fathers who placed blankets on their
babies lived the happiness of bringing children to a
secure environment and the sadness of being away
from home at the same time.
Elderly who felt weak after getting tired, young
children walking barefoot on mud and cold soil,
women walking only with slippers, young women trying
to protect their babies from cold, and children
whose clothes and hair partly froze put their last
goods on fire to heat up and their tragedy could be
seen clearly.
"Who would want to leave
home?"
One of the Syrian refugees, Taha Emin said that the
situation in Syria was no longer bearable.
"We can not find fuel or bread. After the civil war,
we are now faced with hunger," Emin stressed.
"In order to protect our families from hunger and
getting frozen in cold, we only had one option
remaining and that was taking refuge in an other
country," Emin noted.
"We walked for kilometers by risking death in
freezing weather. We had to walk barefoot as our
shoes were damaged in the cold weather," Emin said.
"It is Bashar al-Assad who is responsible for the
tragedy we are in," Emin underlined.
"My God will punish those responsible for the
tyranny. Who would want to leave home? Who would
want to walk with families and babies? Everyone is
sad about leaving home behind. But we had to. We had
to walk so that our families and children could
survive. When the incidents in Syria first began,www.ekurd.net
people could run away in cars. There is no longer
such an opportunity as all cars have been damaged.
We were forced to walk," Emin indicated.
"We are extremely exhausted. We stopped in the
village to get some rest and to dry our clothes. We
will continue our journey to Zahko in a car or by
walking," Emin also said.
Their number is over 60,000
Since the incidents in Syria began, more than 60,000
Syrians took refuge in Iraq's Duhok, Erbil and
Sulaimaniyah cities. More than 30,000 Syrians now
live in a camp in Duhok in tents. The regional
administration in north of Iraq permits the Syrians
to rent homes and work in the region. However, a
great portion of the Syrians depend on humanitarian
assistance in order to survive.
Reporting by Emrah Yorulmaz - Mustafa Kerim,
Turkish Anadolu Agency
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