THE HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF #MAKHMUR_CAMP
‘Islamic State’ Invades Another Kurdish Town / By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D. – Kurdistan Tribune – On August 7, 2014, at 6 PM, the town of Mahmur Camp, established 20 years ago by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for Kurds fleeing Turkey, was invaded by the organisation now calling itself ‘Islamic State’, known as ISID in Turkey (or ISIS or ISIL in western media). Sketchy reports from Mahmur to family members in Turkey on August 7, before phone communications were cut, describe the evacuation of all 25,000 residents of Mahmur. Bus loads are crossing the border into #Silopi, Turkey. Caravans of cars from #Hilal, a village in the township of #Uludere, #Sirnak, and surrounding villages in SE Turkey have been driving to the Turkey-Iraq border to pick up their relatives . . . mostly women and children . . . fleeing the ISID invasion. Those without Turkish passports are fleeing through mountain passes. Residents from Mahmur in recent days have reported that there is no presence of Iraqi military or Peshmerga forces. The only people defending this town of 25,000 Kurds, besides the male residents themselves, are the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from Turkey and PJAK, its counterpart in Iraq.
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