A huge field of ruins. That looks like the Syrian city of Kobané, after two months of struggle against the Islamic state group that attempts to capture the city. And in the midst of chaos, civilians. They would be 2000 again.
"A shell fell and hit us while I was wearing two of my daughters, says a woman. They were injured in my arms. That of 7 years was sent to Turkey, where she died. His body was brought back and we buried here Kobané. "
50,000 people lived here before the war, almost all have fled, mostly to Turkey, home to 1.6 million Syrian refugees.
We are a few kilometers from the city. These people here have fled the bombing and sleeping in their cars or tents. They bring them bread, made in bakery Kobané that was back in service 20 years after its closure.
"Turks treat us badly, complains one of them. They are not letting us back and forth between home and here. They do not allow us to receive food. But the Kurdish forces are sending us food and bread from Kobané. "
During the bombing children hide in burrows kinds. The situation is expected to worsen: the World Food Programme UN should suspend aid to Syrian réfugiens for lack of funding.
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