Hawija IDPs eager to go home urge Iraqi army to speed up military operation
92 views · Published 1 February 2017 · 2:25 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: Rudaw English · 2017 · People & Blogs
Many IDPs from Hawija who now live in Kirkuk or in nearby camps feel disappointed that the military operation to liberate their town from ISIS has not materialized yet. One IDP told Rudaw: "We demand the liberation of Hawija. We have been promised four times now, but they never went through with it. Baghdad is not responsive. I don't understand why they've ignored Hawija this way. We want to go back to our lives there. We have nothing here." Security officials for their part say that the influx of refugees and IDPs poses a serious security challenge as in less than two months they have caught more than 60 ISIS militants disguised as refugees.
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