After assessing the situation in the city, Grande said in a press statement, “It is a tragedy that people are dying and injured because of booby traps. The reality is that many if not most neighborhoods in Ramadi aren’t yet safe.”
A UN analysis of satellite imagery in February showed that around 5,700 buildings in Ramadi and its outskirts had sustained different levels of damage since mid-2014, with almost 2,000 buildings completely destroyed.
The staggering devastation of Ramadi and fear of mines pushed Khansa al-Dulaimi to leave Ramadi in April 2015 and seek refuge in Baghdad. Dulaimi rented a small apartment in the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiya, while her husband fled via Turkey to Europe. She hopes her family will be reunited again if her husband is granted asylum in Germany.
She told Al-Monitor that she did not own a home in Ramadi, but lived in a rented house. “Things are difficult there. I am afraid to return to Ramadi because of the land mines and lack of security in the city. I will stay here in Baghdad for now,” she said.
Dulaimi lives off her savings; her husband had sold his car before he left and she sold all her gold jewelry. The family's savings allow her to provide for her three children who stay with her in Baghdad.
YOU SHOULD ASK FOR HELP TO THOSE THAT DESTROYED UNDER FALSE ACCUSATIONS. I FEEL YOUR SENTIMENT, AND AS HUMANS WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER TO STOP THESE PREDATORS.