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Visibility in the Iraq's Fallujah is reduced to just a few metres as a dust storm descends on the city. Country-wide than 1,000 Iraqis were rushed to hospital with respiratory ailments due to sandstorms. IMAGES
Kabul, Oct 11 (EFE / EPA) .- Families who had been displaced from Kabul to other Afghan provinces due to conflict in the country begin to return to the capital.The Taliban have multiplied their contacts with the international community to ensure the distribution of humanitarian aid, while international organizations have indicated that Afghanistan is at risk of sinking into an economic and social crisis after four decades at war.The capture of Kabul on August 15 by fundamentalists has aggravated the situation, and the Taliban asked Washington to help them unblock international funds suspended by many countries and institutions after the collapse of the previous government.(Camera: STRINGER)SHOT LIST: THE RETURN TO KABUL OF DISPLACED AFGHAN FAMILIES.
Baghdad (Iraq), Feb 5 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Ahmed Jalil).- The plan of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to return the properties that were seized from the Christians during the most brutal years of sectarian violence in the country has been well received. However, it also raises concerns since it is not a governmental decision and because this community still fears reprisals. Al-Sadr announced at the beginning of the year the formation of a special committee to analyze the cases and return the properties that were confiscated, under the supervision of the Sadrist movement that will punish the ones who were responsible for the seizures even if they do not belong to the political group that laid down their arms. The deadline is until the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, in mid-May, but it is not clear how it will be done. FOOTAGE OF HAMMURABI'S HEADQUARTERS IN BAGHDAD. SOUNDBITES OF PASCAL WARDA, PRESIDENT OF THE HAMMURABI ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:-" I heard a few days ago that Mr. Muqtada Al-Sadr wanted to set up a committee, it is a good and lofty initiative. But I was hoping that this commission and this initiative would be by the government so that the government would take responsibility for it because when there's no security and there's no protection for citizens' property, is there anyone on this land who would leave thousands of dunums or hundreds of meters or houses and gets out that easily to sits on the streets looking for bread?Of course not. (They did it) because they left looking for safety in his life and their children's lives and because they were threatened even while they were inside their homes. And this is what they found at the Hammurabi Organization for Human Rights. I saw not one incident but several (incidents) about which Christian people came and complained. I asked one of the governors, who kicked out two brothers from a Christian house when he was working for a government agency after they seized it and he said it was his house.The governor was a sophisticated person and acted as a government and authority and kicked out these two brothers.""Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr's initiative lacks a legal framework. Yes, it is a good initiative, but the government must embrace it. The initiative must also be followed by legislation, laws that control this phenomenon. Yes, Mr. Muqtada Al-Sadr is right when he launched this initiative, but the State is the primary official and trustee of citizens' rights. Therefore a legal framework must be placed for this initiative. That is why Mr. Muqtada is right when he formed this committee and it is true that he is part of the state, but these ideas must be framed in a legal framework and Mr. Muqtada's initiative has alerted the authorities to their duties and I see it as an initiative for the defence of human rights."Our statistics change year after year, when we review our reports. We have full reports and others that are not ready yet. We have hundreds of archives from Baghdad, Mosul and other cities. These documents must be analyzed and complaints must be filed to be sent to the judiciary."
Ceuta, Jul 26 (EFE), (Camera: Rafael Peña).- About 150 Spanish soldiers on Sunday returned from Iraq, after completing a mission that has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis.FOOTAGE OF THE ARRIVAL OF SPANISH SOLDIERS IN CEUTA.
Iranians gather in the holy Iranian city of Mashhad to pay their respect to late top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, after he was killed in a US strike in Baghdad. IMAGES
Iranians gather in the holy city of Mashhad to pay their respect to late top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, after he was killed in a US strike in Baghdad. IMAGES
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