Iraqis with perceived links to Daesh face barriers to obtaining documentation or returning to their homes
Aid agencies fear children and women left stranded in camps may become a permanent underclass
Updated 04 May 2021
May 03, 2021 23:43
NINEVEH/IRBIL/BOGOTA: Since the collapse of Daesh’s so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, many Western nations have been reluctant to allow the families of fighters to return for legal, political and security reasons. But the issue is equally complicated in the two war-weary Arab countries that the “caliphate” straddled while it lasted.
More than three years after the territorial defeat of Daesh in Iraq, more than a million Iraqis remain trapped in a precarious state of displacement. Those with perceived association with the terrorist group face added barriers to obtaining documentation or returning to their homes.
Egypt bumps up its Rafale fleet by 30 new planes 6 hours ago
A Dassault Rafale fighter jet performs a demonstration flight at Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, France, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) PARIS Egypt has bought 30 more Rafale aircraft from France, according to statements issued on Tuesday by the Egyptian and French defense ministries as well as Dassault Aviation, the aircraft’s manufacturer. The new acquisition complements the first Egyptian purchase of 24 Rafales six years ago and will up the Rafale fleet in the Egyptian Air Force to 54, making it the second-largest Rafale fleet in the world after France.
France said on Tuesday it will begin delivering 30 Dassault warplanes to Egypt from 2024 in a 4 billion euro ($4.8 billion) deal, as it strengthens ties with a partner it considers vital in fighting Islamist militants.