GLOBALink | U.S. meddling in the Middle East results in total destruction: Iraqi expert

STORY: U.S. meddling in the Middle East results in total destruction: Iraqi expert DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SHAHIR AL-OBAIDI, Political Researcher, University of Anbar in Iraq STORYLINE: An Iraqi expert says that U.S. meddling in the Middle East has resulted in destructions and sufferings. Shahir al-Obaidi, a political researcher with University of Anbar in Iraq said in a recent interview with Xinhua that U.S. military attacks, in the name of democracy, have left Iraqi people struggling with social disintegration and internal conflicts. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SHAHIR AL-OBAIDI, Political Researcher, University of Anbar in Iraq "Wherever the United States goes, especially when it meddles with local conflicts, it usually brings total destruction to the local culture, economy, agriculture and industry. It leads to destruction in all aspects of life. When the United States attacks another state without the approval of the UN Securi

Afghans protest U.S. freezing assets through photo exhibition on plight of people

STORY: Afghans protest U.S. freezing assets through photo exhibition on plight of people DATELINE: April 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a photo exhibition held in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ZIRAK MALYAR, Afghan photographer 3. various of a photo exhibition held in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): SAYED SHAHIR, Kabul resident 5. various of a photo exhibition held in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan STORYLINE: Depicting Afghanistan's poverty and economic woes via a photo exhibition, photographer Zirak Malyar told Xinhua that Afghans demand that the United States should free their country's assets held in its banks. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ZIRAK MALYAR, Afghan photographer "Our aim of the photo exhibition is to display the plight of oppressed Afghans to the world community and urge the world community to help get back Afghanistan's assets." The exhibition, titled "Poverty and Hope" and including scores of photos, was