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Some 120,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Jurfusakhar in Babil province and 50,000 IDPs from ethnically mixed town of Tuz Khurmatu in Salahaddin live in uncertainty. They point the finger of blame at the Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi who prevent them from returning home.
“Hashd al-Shaabi and Hezbollah prevent us from returning to Jurfusakhar,” a Sunni Arab IDP told Rudaw.
A Kurdish IDP living at the same camp echoed the criticism saying “what we saw from ISIS, we also witnessed from the Hashd al-Shaabi in Tuz Khurmatu. They burn homes, demolish them, kidnap youth and kill them.”
Babil Provincial Council in August decided to bar the residents of Jurfusakhar from returning home. It even threatened to file legal lawsuit against those calling for the return of the IDPs home
However, residents of Zummar and Jalawla, or Golala, claim Hashd al-Shaabi let those return home who had links to ISIS. Karim Nuri, a Hashd al-Shaabi leader told Rudaw, the displaced persons did not deserve an answer.
“Hashd al-Shaabi and Hezbollah prevent us from returning to Jurfusakhar,” a Sunni Arab IDP told Rudaw.
A Kurdish IDP living at the same camp echoed the criticism saying “what we saw from ISIS, we also witnessed from the Hashd al-Shaabi in Tuz Khurmatu. They burn homes, demolish them, kidnap youth and kill them.”
Babil Provincial Council in August decided to bar the residents of Jurfusakhar from returning home. It even threatened to file legal lawsuit against those calling for the return of the IDPs home
However, residents of Zummar and Jalawla, or Golala, claim Hashd al-Shaabi let those return home who had links to ISIS. Karim Nuri, a Hashd al-Shaabi leader told Rudaw, the displaced persons did not deserve an answer.
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