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00:00:00About 400 schools in Raqqa
00:00:03need renovation and rehabilitation. While
00:00:06renovation work continues, attention is turning
00:00:09to what this step will achieve
00:00:14pass through as a team from on the ground in returning thousands of students to their schools and providing
00:00:17a safer
00:00:20that must be met in and more of Internal Trade, there is no stable educational
00:00:20or what is known as the laboratory, environment after
00:00:23years of displacement and damage to
00:00:27the education infrastructure in
00:00:30the governorate. Our correspondent Saba Ahmed
00:00:33joins us from Raqqa. Welcome, Saba. First,
00:00:37please tell us about
00:00:40the situation of schools and education in
00:00:43Raqqa governorate. What are the challenges facing students
00:00:46and teachers with the onset of
00:00:48winter?
00:00:52There are many challenges in the educational reality in
00:00:56Raqqa governorate, in the city. And
00:01:00this year saw an increase in
00:01:03the number of students
00:01:05of causing these cases, at with the opening of the Directorate of Education of
00:01:09Deir Ezzor are demanding stricter control over all its schools in the city, and the fact that there are some schools that
00:01:13to the two restaurants and found need partial renovation or even full renovation. The educational
00:01:16process, on the other hand, is affected by
00:01:19student overcrowding, which we have seen
00:01:23this in a way that the Directorate of Education
00:01:26has taken the first and second
00:01:30shifts so that
00:01:32with the increase in the number of poisoning cases in picture of what happened student overcrowding is reduced. Despite that, there are still
00:01:35large numbers of students in
00:01:37the classroom.
00:01:40In addition to the logistical
00:01:44needs for desks, and also
00:01:47doors and windows that hinder the educational process, whether in the city
00:01:51many schools in the countryside have launched
00:01:54initiatives to the Directorate of Education to renovate them,
00:01:57and we have seen a lot as well.
00:02:00The works after of course, the education directorate's
00:02:03efforts to renovate schools by the governorate and the General
00:02:07Secretariat after its launch of a project
00:02:11and a large financial block to target schools that
00:02:14need partial renovation and to launch
00:02:17this educational process well,
00:02:21the safety of the process and its
00:02:24progress, of course. The families also asked
00:02:27from, as we mentioned in
00:02:34stalls or other water samples that must be were taken from
00:02:40the Some families have actually who visited this
00:02:43taken an initiative that is also considered a community initiative from
00:02:47families in the western rural areas to renovate
00:02:51part of the schools, in addition to launching an educational
00:02:55platform for what is known as "Together for
00:02:59Raqqa" as well. A group of civil activists
00:03:02launched this educational
00:03:05platform to alleviate the burden on families and students in terms
00:03:08of providing education for people who cannot
00:03:11rebuilding the ability to live. afford our position, whether at to take courses
00:03:15or even continue their education,
00:03:19whether that person is far from home or far
00:03:23from school. In addition to that,
00:03:26there are many obstacles in terms
00:03:30of schools in rural areas. Some schools in rural areas do not have
00:03:34a fence at all, and this
00:03:36fellow citizens will cooperate with makes
00:03:37parents worry
00:03:40about their children going to that area and their proximity to
00:03:42the main road. In addition to
00:03:45that, some middle and high schools
00:03:48are far from some families in rural areas.
00:03:51We are talking about the biggest challenges, and 50% of
00:03:55rural schools need this. This
00:03:58is also
00:04:01true. Yes, thank you very much, our correspondent Saba
00:04:04Ahmed, you were with us from Raqqa.
00:04:16of Al-Ikhbariya and viewers The Health Directorate in
00:04:19Deir Ezzor stated that it was informed of the arrival of 60
00:04:23cases of food poisoning to
00:04:26Deir Ezzor National Hospital last Friday and directed
00:04:30that necessary measures be taken and samples be taken for analysis
00:04:32and to determine the cause of the poisoning. In
00:04:36tours in this context, the Deputy Head of Resident Doctors at the National Hospital
00:04:40in Deir Ezzor, Muhammad Suleiman, stated that most patients left
00:04:44taking statements from the hospital after receiving treatment, with them being provided with prescriptions
00:04:47and medical
00:04:50consumed this recommendations.
00:04:53Dozens of injuries in Deir Ezzor ranged from mild
00:04:57to moderate as a result of poisoning. A number
00:05:01of citizens were affected, requiring their transfer to hospitals and health
00:05:04centers to receive the necessary treatment, where the
00:05:08injured received the necessary first aid at the National Hospital
00:05:11and the hospital. The Health Directorate in Deir Ezzor said
00:05:15that it was informed of the arrival of 60 cases of food poisoning to
00:05:19Deir Ezzor National Hospital last Friday and directed
00:05:22that necessary measures be taken,
00:05:25epidemiological investigation went to the hospital to take samples from patients
00:05:29and a second team went to the site of the poisoning and took
00:05:33food samples, where some of them were sent to the Central
00:05:37Laboratory in Damascus and another part to the Public Health Laboratory in Deir
00:05:40Ezzor, indicating that the results will appear within
00:05:44the coming days. In this context, the Deputy Head of Resident Doctors
00:05:47at the National Hospital in Deir Ezzor, Muhammad Suleiman, stated
00:05:51that most patients left the hospital after receiving treatment, with
00:05:54them being provided with prescriptions and medical recommendations. Coordination
00:05:58is still ongoing with the Directorate of Supply, the Health Committee,
00:06:01epidemiological surveillance, and the governorate to receive any
00:06:04new cases. Coinciding with the widespread
00:06:07spread of poisoning cases, the Directorate of Internal
00:06:11Trade and Consumer Protection closed
00:06:14two restaurants on suspicion
00:06:17a time when the people of
00:06:21restaurants in the governorate and taking the necessary measures
00:06:25against violators.
00:06:28We start this file with Al-Ikhbariya's correspondent in Deir Ezzor, Ahmed
00:06:31Al-Atra. Good evening, Ahmed. Poisoning cases witnessed by Deir
00:06:35Ezzor governorate in the past days, thank God, have passed
00:06:39safely, and we wish everyone safety. Please give us a general
00:06:44in the past days in Deir
00:06:46Ezzor.
00:06:51I will start from the first day, last night,
00:06:55approximately 60 cases arrived at
00:06:58the National Hospital in Deir Ezzor. All of them were suffering from poisoning,
00:07:01according to the families who visited
00:07:05during that night. They confirmed that they ate from
00:07:08two restaurants, and that is what made
00:07:12the investigation start immediately. The Director of Health
00:07:16instructed the Epidemiological Surveillance Center to form
00:07:20two committees. One committee went to the hospital to take
00:07:23samples from the patients suffering from poisoning,
00:07:26and another team went
00:07:29to the two areas or the two restaurants
00:07:32that were mentioned during
00:07:36the conversation with
00:07:39the patients. Food samples
00:07:42were taken,
00:07:46the tanks, and samples were also taken from the patients
00:07:52hospital that night. The
00:07:55situation worsened on the first day, or on the morning of the first day. Also,
00:07:59the number of infections today
00:08:03reached approximately
00:08:05277 cases. All
00:08:09patients who visited the hospital with poisoning were
00:08:12discharged from the hospital.
00:08:15Al-Huwaidi Hospital, as for the National Hospital, there are cases
00:08:18that were discharged and then returned
00:08:22because their symptoms had not
00:08:25ended. They returned to receive treatment and were
00:08:29placed under observation. Of course, there are small numbers, no more than
00:08:32the fingers of two hands, and this is evidence of
00:08:36a significant recovery among patients
00:08:39in general and those affected by poisoning. As
00:08:42for the clarifications that were given to me by the media office
00:08:46in the Health Directorate, the issue
00:08:49of the large number of people who visited today or the number
00:08:53who visited today, meaning after two days of the
00:08:56spread of poisoning cases, the media office
00:08:59confirmed to me that there were people who were telling
00:09:03themselves that it was a cold or that
00:09:06a relative was suffering from vomiting,
00:09:09caught a cold, in these words, that it coincided with
00:09:14yes,
00:09:17yes, and after the spread, yes, after the spread, after the spread of
00:09:20the poisoning news, they visited the hospital to find that they were suffering from
00:09:24poisoning cases. Of course, there were also people who said that
00:09:28277 meals were sold, according to what
00:09:31I saw in the National Hospital. There were
00:09:35entire families who came, meaning there were nine people, seven people. So
00:09:39it was not one person who took the meal, and if
00:09:42we divide this number by families, the number will be 40 to 50
00:09:46meals, and this number means we can
00:09:50say that it is ideal or sold in the city of Deir
00:09:53Ezzor. Now, the
00:09:56situation is over, but in case people visit
00:10:00the hospital with the same poisoning cases,
00:10:04the people generally say that they need
00:10:06to identify the causes that lead to
00:10:10these cases. Uh-huh, thank you. Thank you very much, Ahmed Al-Atra,
00:10:14Al-Ikhbariya correspondent, for all these details, and we wish
00:10:17again, safety for our people in Deir Ezzor. Thank
00:10:20you very much, you were with us from Deir Ezzor.
00:10:23And I welcome Professor Bassam Al-Hazza, Head
00:10:26of the Consumer Protection Department in Deir Ezzor. Welcome, Professor
00:10:30Bassam. Perhaps the question that comes to many people's minds
00:10:34is how can such
00:10:37spoiled food
00:10:39restaurants
00:10:42without being
00:10:55Deir Ezzor governorate, we were
00:10:59informed through social media, through
00:11:02the Public Relations Group in the governorate, about
00:11:05the presence of poisoning cases and the admission of a number
00:11:09of citizens to Al-Huwaidi Hospital
00:11:12and the National Hospital as a result of consuming food
00:11:16that led to poisoning cases. Immediately, a consumer
00:11:19protection patrol from the Food Safety Department
00:11:23was dispatched to the hospital.
00:11:25They met with the citizens and upon questioning
00:11:28them about the cause of the poisoning,
00:11:32they stated that they bought food from
00:11:34two restaurants. We went
00:11:38in the first restaurant spoiled chicken
00:11:41meat, and in the second restaurant, we also found
00:11:44poisoning cases. We issued supply violations
00:11:48against both restaurants and closed them with red wax
00:11:51as a precautionary measure. Um, well. So
00:11:57the governorate, how do you assess the state of oversight on restaurants
00:12:01and food service establishments?
00:12:04Regarding the work of the Directorate of Internal Trade and Consumer
00:12:07Protection, it operates under the directives of the Minister
00:12:11of Industry and Internal Trade and the Governor of Deir Ezzor,
00:12:15so that we send daily patrols
00:12:18to all commercial establishments in the governorate,
00:12:21including restaurants. We either
00:12:24visit restaurants individually or through a joint
00:12:27committee formed by a decision of the Governor of Deir
00:12:31Ezzor, which includes a representative from the governorate, a representative from
00:12:34the Directorate of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, and a representative
00:12:38from the Ministry of Tourism, the Directorate of Tourism in Deir Ezzor.
00:12:42We either work individually or through these committees. We monitor
00:12:45regularly the work of restaurants
00:12:48and all other establishments. Madam, regarding
00:12:52the health
00:12:55requirements
00:12:57present in restaurants, we start
00:13:01from the cleanliness of the place to the cleanliness of the kitchen to the cleanliness of the
00:13:04tools used
00:13:07in serving food, in addition to the commitment of
00:13:11workers to healthy attire, including head coverings,
00:13:14aprons, and gloves. Any restaurant that violates these
00:13:18instructions will be issued a violation report,
00:13:21and as violations recur,
00:13:24the penalty gradually increases, whether in terms
00:13:27of fines or closure with red wax. What were the violations you observed
00:13:31in these two restaurants that led to
00:13:33their closure? In these two restaurants,
00:13:37we found spoiled chicken meat in the first
00:13:41restaurant and non-compliance with health conditions,
00:13:44resulting in poisoning cases,
00:13:47as I told you.
00:13:50They were admitted to the National Hospital and Al-
00:13:53Huwaidi Hospital. Of course,
00:13:56we followed up on the matter, and there is an
00:13:59ongoing investigation. It is worth noting that not all poisoning
00:14:03cases that occurred in Deir Ezzor governorate were
00:14:06a result of
00:14:07food.
00:14:13Some people who were admitted to the hospital came from outside
00:14:16the governorate, from rural areas, and did not buy from the two mentioned restaurants, but
00:14:20consumed homemade food, home-cooked meals.
00:14:24Based on these facts,
00:14:27the Health Directorate and the
00:14:29Epidemiological Investigation Committee
00:14:33took water samples and sent them to the Central
00:14:36Laboratory in Damascus, and also to the Health Directorate Laboratory
00:14:39to determine the real and direct cause of the poisoning
00:14:42cases. And God willing, within the next few
00:14:46days, the analysis results will appear and we will determine
00:14:49the cause of the poisoning cases so that we do not wrong
00:14:53anyone. Uh-huh, well, Professor
00:14:55Bassam, you mentioned that the Consumer Protection
00:14:59Department conducts daily
00:15:01the markets.
00:15:04And you said, on the other hand, that the reason, after
00:15:07going to the two restaurants
00:15:09suspected of causing the poisoning
00:15:13cases, you found spoiled chicken meat. The street in
00:15:17Deir Ezzor asks, where were these
00:15:20proactive oversight tours by your department
00:15:23before the incident?
00:15:29Sir, the oversight tours have not stopped and will not stop.
00:15:32We have issued dozens of violation reports against
00:15:36restaurants in Deir Ezzor governorate. When the patrol enters
00:15:40any restaurant and finds any violation, it immediately
00:15:43issues the necessary supply violation report
00:15:47according to the violation found in the restaurant. We also closed
00:15:50dozens of restaurants and other establishments for not complying
00:15:54with the health requirements
00:15:57commercial establishments, whether they are restaurants or
00:16:00others. Uh-huh, you know, as you know, Professor Bassam,
00:16:04food poisoning that occurs,
00:16:08especially in restaurants that serve
00:16:11mostly fast food,
00:16:14causes great concern in society.
00:16:18Today in Deir Ezzor, how can you
00:16:21or how do you work to restore trust between
00:16:24these establishments and tell our people in Deir Ezzor that the incident
00:16:28was an isolated incident and that
00:16:31as you mentioned, both establishments were closed
00:16:35with red wax as a precautionary measure until
00:16:38the results are known?
00:16:41My dear sir, as I told you, we are doing
00:16:45our part, God willing, and we hope that our
00:16:49fellow citizens, when any situation occurs to any
00:16:52fellow citizen, whether they suspect the validity
00:16:56of the purchased item, whether it was from fast
00:17:00food restaurants or from popular restaurants,
00:17:02to inform
00:17:04us. In Deir Ezzor, we have, for more than a month and a half, been placing
00:17:08QR code stickers as a directive to implement
00:17:12the directives of the Minister of Industry and Trade,
00:17:15and we have affixed QR codes
00:17:19to every restaurant so that the citizen,
00:17:21simply by entering through scanning the link
00:17:25via mobile and submitting a complaint to us,
00:17:28we will go directly
00:17:31to the mentioned place and investigate the complaint, and if
00:17:34there is a violation, we will take immediate action.
00:17:38In addition to the Directorate of Internal Trade and Consumer
00:17:41Protection, there is a website for the Directorate to receive
00:17:44complaints, whether through the Directorate's website
00:17:48or through the QR program, or
00:17:50by coming to the Directorate and submitting a complaint. We
00:17:54immediately dispatch a consumer
00:17:57protection patrol to
00:18:00the violating establishment and take legal
00:18:03action against it. Yes, there are also,
00:18:06sir, food items spread in the streets, such as
00:18:12street vendors. Is there supervision of these food
00:18:15items, meaning also oversight
00:18:19of their safety, especially since many
00:18:23of them are imported?
00:18:27Yes, we continuously
00:18:29monitor stalls and all
00:18:32existing establishments. We check the expiration
00:18:36date. If there are expired
00:18:39or non-compliant items, we immediately destroy them
00:18:43in front of the owner of the establishment
00:18:46and issue the necessary violation report and take legal action
00:18:50against him. What are the difficulties you face in monitoring
00:18:53restaurants and food establishments,
00:18:55especially
00:18:58in verifying their expiration dates? Some people also falsify
00:19:02these food items. What are the difficulties you face in
00:19:05your work?
00:19:08Madam, we hope that our
00:19:13the Directorate and report any
00:19:16injustice or exploitation incident. Our
00:19:20fellow citizens, of course, we have seized many cases of
00:19:23erasing the expiration date or the presence
00:19:27of two expiration dates on the displayed items. We immediately
00:19:31confiscated and destroyed them in front
00:19:34of the establishment owner.
00:19:36Professor Bassam, since the two restaurants
00:19:39that were sealed
00:19:42as a precautionary measure are still
00:19:45closed, are there any measures taken by
00:19:48you to prevent the operation of these two
00:19:52restaurants currently, until at least the results
00:19:55appear?
00:20:00Of course, my dear sir, when we
00:20:03sealed the two restaurants as a precautionary measure, the first
00:20:06restaurant had a clear violation and possession
00:20:09of spoiled chicken unfit for human consumption. We
00:20:13sealed the restaurant and immediately informed
00:20:17the ministry. The same applies
00:20:19as a result of
00:20:21the citizens in the hospitals
00:20:24that they
00:20:28food from the mentioned second restaurant,
00:20:31so as a precautionary measure, we took this
00:20:34action to seal it. Uh-huh, well,
00:20:38today, are the laboratories in Deir Ezzor capable of
00:20:41accommodating and perhaps analyzing the materials that
00:20:45are confiscated or even suspected
00:20:48by you, meaning as the Consumer Protection
00:20:51Department, to analyze them
00:20:54and determine their quality
00:20:57of use?
00:21:02My dear sir, in the Directorate
00:21:06laboratory in the technical department,
00:21:10there are only two devices for analyzing flour
00:21:13and analyzing bread. We
00:21:16have been promised by the Ministry
00:21:20of Internal Trade that if we move to
00:21:23our new building, they will supply
00:21:25us with a number
00:21:27of laboratory devices. We send the sample that
00:21:30we take to the Central Laboratory
00:21:34in Damascus for analysis.
00:21:36Thank you very much for being with us, Professor Bassam
00:21:40Al-Hazza, Head of the Consumer Protection Department in Deir
00:21:43Ezzor. You were with us live from Deir
00:22:19Thank you.
00:22:50We truly welcome the President and the accompanying delegation. This
00:22:54confirms the strength and solidity of the relationship between
00:22:58Iraq and Syria, and we hope this will be a good
00:23:01start for future and strategic projects, God
00:23:04willing.
00:23:10The two countries are linked by very strong historical relations. There are also economic
00:23:14ties.
00:23:23We are very happy, by God, with this
00:23:25warm reception, and we see your hearts
00:23:29welcomed us before your eyes. Geography says
00:23:33the neighbor is the closest home, but wisdom
00:23:36says the closest blood, and God willing, the blood
00:23:39of Iraq and the blood of Syria is one blood, and perhaps our blood
00:23:42is both, and more because we are
00:23:46we and you, God willing, are one people
00:23:49living in two countries, and we want to revive our history,
00:23:53we want to restore economic cooperation, political
00:23:56cooperation, unite
00:23:59the Arab level or the Islamic world.
00:24:02Your security is our security,
00:24:05and vice versa. And God willing,
00:24:08we will soon await your
00:24:12arrival to honor us in your second country,
00:24:15and you will be the hosts, and we will be the guests.
00:24:16May God protect you.
00:24:23It is very important that we take advantage of your presence today
00:24:26in your second country, Damascus, so that
00:24:29we can start a roadmap that will be long and sustainable, God willing.
00:25:10I swear by Almighty God, I swear by Almighty God that I will be
00:25:14loyal and faithful, and you will be loyal and faithful
00:25:17to the Syrian Arab Republic.
00:26:50A people whose nationality and mentality
00:26:54have changed, a free people who will not accept
00:26:57any brutal Israeli
00:27:00aggression.
00:27:13Syria is free and will remain
00:27:15free.
00:27:20Syria is one and united, and the Syrian people, with all their
00:27:24spectra,
00:27:24are one.
00:28:11For years, camps were a humanitarian
00:28:15necessity that saved the lives of Syrians, but they were always a
00:28:19temporary solution and could not become
00:28:22a permanent future for entire
00:28:24generations.
00:28:28Our experience says that sustainable return requires
00:28:32four interconnected elements.
00:28:35First,
00:28:38safety. There can be no safe return before removing mines
00:28:41and unexploded ordnance and war
00:28:44remnants. Second, rehabilitation
00:28:47of affected areas. Removing rubble, opening roads,
00:28:51and reactivating infrastructure are essential conditions for people
00:28:54to return. Third, basic
00:28:57services. Schools, health centers,
00:29:00water, electricity, and bakeries. And roads are what make
00:29:04a community viable again. And fourth, livelihoods.
00:29:08We are not just talking about rebuilding
00:29:11buildings, but about
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