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Displaced Iraqis flee Tal Afar to Najaf endure hardship
Abbas Mohammed Habib was born in Najaf as his Shiite Turkmen family joined tens of thousands of displaced. They fled mass violence in Tal Afar, facing hunger, ant bites, and a future of uncertain shelter. Many Turkmens found Najaf security but little food or work as aid funds stretch thin.
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Najaf
Iraq
Abbas Mohammed Habib
Laila Ali
Tal Afar
Turkey
Abbas
Laila
Mohammed Habib Elias
U.N
Souay Jawad
Associated Press
Baghdad
Nouri al-Maliki
Jawad
United Nations
Irbil
Syria
Hanan Moustafa
Mohammed Nour
Mohammed
Nour