Kazakh woman repatriated from Syria hopes to forget ISIS
- hace 3 años
Nur-Sultan, Mar 31 (EFE), (Camera: Kulpash Konyrova).- "It was an infinitely long four years that I want to forget," Sabinella Ayazbayeva said about the time she spent in the hands of Islamic State before her return to Kazakhstan from Syria as part of the government's Operation Zhusan, which has overseen the repatriation of more than 600 Kazakhs.
"We saw bombings, dead bodies, houses in ruins, shooting, we saw it all with our own eyes ...," she told Efe by video conference from her hometown of Karaganda in central Kazakhstan.
INCLUDES ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SYRIA, OPERATION ZHUSAN AND THE AKNIET CENTRE. INCLUDES VIDEO COURTESY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN’S THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE AND THE AKNIET CENTER.
Keywords: efe,kazakhstan,syria,repatriation,islamic,state
"We saw bombings, dead bodies, houses in ruins, shooting, we saw it all with our own eyes ...," she told Efe by video conference from her hometown of Karaganda in central Kazakhstan.
INCLUDES ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SYRIA, OPERATION ZHUSAN AND THE AKNIET CENTRE. INCLUDES VIDEO COURTESY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN’S THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE AND THE AKNIET CENTER.
Keywords: efe,kazakhstan,syria,repatriation,islamic,state