Daily Brief

Saturday, August 22

In Sinjar, the mass graves of the genocide are being opened, in Gaza ninety-four percent need shelter

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Sinjar – Opening of the genocide graves

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Ronahî: Near Khanasor in Sinjar, the mass graves containing the remains of sixty-two victims of the genocide are being opened after eleven years.

Ronahî: The bodies were exhumed illegally in two thousand fifteen without legal procedures; the families have been waiting eleven years for identification.

Kamîran: So these families have been waiting eleven years for the remains of their loved ones.

Ronahî: On the twelfth anniversary of the loss of Jilan Berces, the demand for the return of the victims’ remains was repeated once more.

Gaza – Ninety-four percent need shelter

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Ronahî: The United Nations announced that ninety-four percent of Gaza’s population has no shelter or basic household needs.

Ronahî: This figure emerged because of the widespread destruction of homes, infrastructure and ongoing displacement.

Kamîran: This is the highest rate reported so far.

East – Two women activists before the court

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Ronahî: The organization HRANA reported that fourteen cases have been opened against two women activists linked to forced hijab pressures.

Ronahî: One of them is Nazanin Hosseinpour, thirty-four years old, mother of two children and from the village of Shenawa.

Kamîran: So the pressure on women is still continuing.

Kryvyi Rih – Drone attack in Ukraine

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Ronahî: In the city of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine, as a result of a drone attack by Russian forces, six people lost their lives and nearly ninety others were injured.

Ronahî: The regional governor Oleksandr Hanza said that among the injured are six children and their condition is serious.

Kamîran: The number of injured is higher than in previous attacks on civilians.

Idlib – House explosion in a village

2:01

Ronahî: In the village of Ain al-Qasab in Idlib, three civilians—a man, his wife and his brother—lost their lives in a house explosion, and six others, including children, were injured.

Ronahî: The explosion occurred after midnight on Friday and the civil defense force is at the scene.

Kamîran: Another incident in Syria also shows that the security situation is still dangerous.

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