Nobody helps, nobody rids the city of mines. It is a field of death.
"“We are living a tragedy amongst destruction. No one is taking care of us,” said Khawla, a local resident.
Mohammad Junaid, a former teacher from Raqqa said that “no one helped” them with rebuilding and removing rubble from the city.
“We received nothing at all, not even a penny! Not from the coalition nor from anyone else,” Mohammad said with regard to international aid.
Resident Fayyad Omar Mayel said that he believes that it’s “the Coalition that is responsible in the first place and it should be the first to help us.”
Another resident, Eyyad al-Haj, said that there is no security and that “looting” occurs quite often.
“The people of Raqqa came back to restore life again on their own expense, and removing the mines will be on their own expense and by themselves,” he added.
Syrians are starting to return to the city, which is still laced with booby traps and explosives. Injuries and deaths due to unexploded ordnance are a daily phenomenon as mines are still people’s biggest preoccupation.
A Raqqa resident injured by a mine and being treated at the Tal Abyad Hospital, Radwan Hajji Jasim, recounted how he was wounded and how a friend of his killed when they tried to remove a mine near their homes."
Raqqa in ruins as locals make desperate plea for help
"“We are living a tragedy amongst destruction. No one is taking care of us,” said Khawla, a local resident.
Mohammad Junaid, a former teacher from Raqqa said that “no one helped” them with rebuilding and removing rubble from the city.
“We received nothing at all, not even a penny! Not from the coalition nor from anyone else,” Mohammad said with regard to international aid.
Resident Fayyad Omar Mayel said that he believes that it’s “the Coalition that is responsible in the first place and it should be the first to help us.”
Another resident, Eyyad al-Haj, said that there is no security and that “looting” occurs quite often.
“The people of Raqqa came back to restore life again on their own expense, and removing the mines will be on their own expense and by themselves,” he added.
Syrians are starting to return to the city, which is still laced with booby traps and explosives. Injuries and deaths due to unexploded ordnance are a daily phenomenon as mines are still people’s biggest preoccupation.
A Raqqa resident injured by a mine and being treated at the Tal Abyad Hospital, Radwan Hajji Jasim, recounted how he was wounded and how a friend of his killed when they tried to remove a mine near their homes."
Raqqa in ruins as locals make desperate plea for help
