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Hasaka, SANA – Neighborhoods in Hasaka city are witnessing a gradual return of normal life as locals are returning to their homes, markets are regaining activity, and state institutes are resuming work.
Aziz Duwali, who lives in Al-Qudat neighborhood and works in a home appliances shop, said that the security situation is improving drastically, showing that the barbaric campaign waged by ISIS terrorists on the province has failed.
Pharmacist Khaled al-Taha said that pharmacies are staying open until very late hours to provide locals’ needs, while Thamer al-Ali who owns a grocery store said “we are bound by duty to not leave the city and help provide the people’s daily needs.”
SANA’s correspondent in the province said that all state departments have resumed their work, particularly in the city center and secure neighborhoods, while departments near unstable areas have been provided with alternative premises to operate from temporarily.
During the past ten days, Hasaka Governorate opened 11 temporary housing centers in Qamishli city to accommodate families that fled the southern neighborhoods of Hasaka city in fear of terrorists, and committees have been formed to register the names of displaced civilians and allocate food, medicine, and other needs to them.
The Social Affairs Directorate at the province estimated that a total of 14,000 families from the province were displaced by terrorist activities, adding that 10,000 of them have been registered, and that efforts to provide aid for them are underway in coordination with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and humanitarian organizations, such as the UNICEF.
ISIS terrorists had waged attacks on neighborhoods in Hasaka city ten days ago, committing heinous massacres against civilians, driving locals out of these neighborhoods. The Syrian Arab Army is working to rid all the neighborhoods of Hasaka from terrorists and restore security and stability to the city.
Hazem Sabbagh
