IS ‘annihilation’ of Iraqi farms leaves haunting legacy 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseThe Islamic State group’s “deliberate, wanton annihilation” of agricultural lands in Iraq’s northern Sinjar amounts to war crimes, haunting farmers a year after the jihadists’ defeat, Amnesty International said Thursday. For three years, Iraqi forces, paramilitary units, and the US-led coalition fought IS until they declared victory in December 2017. Only a fifth of Iraq’s farmers have access to irrigation, down from two-thirds before IS. “Unless there is urgent government assistance, the long-term damage inflicted on Iraq’s rural environment will reverberate for years to come,” Pearshouse said.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 13, 2018 01:30 UTC