Hussein Khalaf, a policeman in the Iraqi town of Amerli, holds up a bunch of grapes after the end of a long jihadist seige, saying with a smile they are the first he has seen in months. Like thousands of others in this Shiite Turkmen-majority town **rth of Baghdad, Khalaf was trapped by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group until Iraqi forces and allied militiamen broke through on Sunday. As much-needed aid arrives, residents are telling harrowing stories of living without even the most basic supplies and in constant fear for their lives. "All the roads were blocked, we were besieged by terrorists," says Amerli resident Nureddin Yunis, standing near a truck where fighters are handing down battered metal canisters of gas for cooking.
09-03-2014, 07:40 PM
Aid flows to Iraqi town after jihadist siege broken
Hussein Khalaf, a policeman in the Iraqi town of Amerli, holds up a bunch of grapes after the end of a long jihadist seige, saying with a smile they are the first he has seen in months. Like thousands of others in this Shiite Turkmen-majority town **rth of Baghdad, Khalaf was trapped by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group until Iraqi forces and allied militiamen broke through on Sunday. As much-needed aid arrives, residents are telling harrowing stories of living without even the most basic supplies and in constant fear for their lives. "All the roads were blocked, we were besieged by terrorists," says Amerli resident Nureddin Yunis, standing near a truck where fighters are handing down battered metal canisters of gas for cooking.
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