{"id":43953,"date":"2019-05-13T18:55:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=43953"},"modified":"2019-05-13T18:55:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:55:58","slug":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/","title":{"rendered":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b>The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe Islamic State\u201d returned to public appearances in the Makhmour area and demanded donations from the farmers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Around 300 elements of the &#8220;Islamic State&#8221; organization are settled in Mount Qara Dagh (14 km) east of Makhmour district in Ninewa Governorate, according to information obtained by North Press.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ghazi Faisal Sian, a resident of the village of Ali Rash, the closest point for the organization&#8217;s barracks in the Qara Dagh Mountains told the North Press that the organization had been in the surrounding mountains for two years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He added that they had informed the official authorities of the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Americans and the representatives of the States that these elements were present in their area, but received no response or any assistance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;They descend from the mountain at night to neighboring villages and threaten the people, forcing them to pay zakat and charity only to them,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ghazi assured that they attacked their village three times and looted their properties, and the villagers were confronting them &#8220;without the assistance of the Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/yc0wsWZ.jpg\" width=\"919\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For their part, Makhmour&#8217;s farmers complain to the Kurdistan Regional Parliament,&nbsp; demanding protection after receiving threats of burning their farms, unless they agree to pay money.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Concerning the nationality of these elements, Ghazi said; they are distributed among &#8220;Afghans, Arabs of the region and other nationalities, and they wear the uniform of the Islamic state organization elements and have a black flag&#8221;. The presence of these elements and their free roaming in the area is due to the empty security distance between the Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The organization launched an attack on Makhmour in August 2014 and it was confronted by joint forces of the People&#8217;s Defense Forces of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Peshmerga forces, preventing the organization from controlling the area.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the autumn of 2017, Iraqi forces launched an offensive against the disputed areas, taking control of large tracts of them after the withdrawal of the Peshmerga forces.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Makhmour district remained split between the Iraqi army and Peshmerga, but the demarcation line is very wide. In an indication to the seriousness of the situation, Peshmerga forces commander in Makhmour front, Serwan Barzani admitted, implicitly, Peshmerga\u2019s inability to control the situation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He stressed that the Peshmerga forces need support from the Iraqi army to control the growth of &#8220;the Islamic State&#8221; organization after signs of its return appeared.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The solution is the presence of the Iraqi forces, which should return to the region and not just carrying out cleansing operations and then leaving,\u201d Barzani said in a press statement last week.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: 700;\">&nbsp;Omid Tawfik-Sulaymaniyah-NPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: 700;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq \u201cThe Islamic State\u201d returned to public appearances in the Makhmour area and demanded donations from the farmers. Around 300 elements of the &#8220;Islamic State&#8221; organization are settled in Mount Qara Dagh (14 km) east of Makhmour district in Ninewa Governorate, according to information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq - North press agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq\u201cThe Islamic State\u201d returned to public appearances in the Makhmour area and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq - North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq\u201cThe Islamic State\u201d returned to public appearances in the Makhmour area and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-13T18:55:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/850\/832299.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kamiran\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kamiran\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"kamiran\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5496830792f4d6381465570c257beb73\"},\"headline\":\"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-13T18:55:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":464,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/850\\\/832299.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"MIDDLE EAST\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq - North press agency\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/850\\\/832299.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-13T18:55:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq\u201cThe Islamic State\u201d returned to public appearances in the Makhmour area and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/850\\\/832299.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/850\\\/832299.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Makhmour Village in Iraq\\\/google maps\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/43953\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5496830792f4d6381465570c257beb73\",\"name\":\"kamiran\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85a48d6da8881483d5bf7e6c2b674187d6dda31650e8f8a555ba3afc301ee7a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85a48d6da8881483d5bf7e6c2b674187d6dda31650e8f8a555ba3afc301ee7a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85a48d6da8881483d5bf7e6c2b674187d6dda31650e8f8a555ba3afc301ee7a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"kamiran\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/kamiran\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq - North press agency","description":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq\u201cThe Islamic State\u201d returned to public appearances in the Makhmour area and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq - North press agency","og_description":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq\u201cThe Islamic State\u201d returned to public appearances in the Makhmour area and","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2019-05-13T18:55:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/850\/832299.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"kamiran","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kamiran","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/"},"author":{"name":"kamiran","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/5496830792f4d6381465570c257beb73"},"headline":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq","datePublished":"2019-05-13T18:55:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/"},"wordCount":464,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/850\/832299.jpg","articleSection":["MIDDLE EAST"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/","name":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq - North press agency","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/850\/832299.jpg","datePublished":"2019-05-13T18:55:58+00:00","description":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq\u201cThe Islamic State\u201d returned to public appearances in the Makhmour area and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/850\/832299.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/850\/832299.jpg","caption":"Makhmour Village in Iraq\/google maps"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/43953\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Islamic State Imposes Zakat on Residents of Makhmour Village in Iraq"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/5496830792f4d6381465570c257beb73","name":"kamiran","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85a48d6da8881483d5bf7e6c2b674187d6dda31650e8f8a555ba3afc301ee7a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85a48d6da8881483d5bf7e6c2b674187d6dda31650e8f8a555ba3afc301ee7a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85a48d6da8881483d5bf7e6c2b674187d6dda31650e8f8a555ba3afc301ee7a6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"kamiran"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/kamiran\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43955,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43953\/revisions\/43955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}