. >> reporter: 18-year-old zana and 14-year-old here bear psychological and physical scars when their house was bombed. this girl nearly died when the her. both carry shrapnel wounds in their bodies. you. >> yes. >> can you feel it in your leg. what does that feel like? >> like the other person... >> reporter: when you talk about it it's a release, it makes you feel better. >>> it's monday morning, 6:30. like any household the chin are getting ready for school. putting on shoes and combing their hair. there are differences. breakfast here is olives and pitter bread. it's the sound of the school bus. time to race downstairs. kids gone, we have a chance for alone time for their mum. the trauma is clear. she is a professional counsellor. it's difficult for her to put that aside, even temporarily. and focus on the most basic - pressing needs. >> i know that they have witnessed those dramatic events, seeing their dad killed. those home, those in the town. their friends, family members. and here we are talking about helping them with language, finding jobs, helping them feel that they have

zana hoda, al jazeera, baghdad. >>> the u.n.onfirmed that isil has destroyed another significant ruin in the ancient city of palmyra. this shows what the temple looked like earlier this week. but the u.n. released new satellite images taken on monday showing what is left. the temple was more than 2,000 years old. >>> turkish police have raided the offices of a media group. they are just the latest in a series of raids targeting any man who used to be an ally of erdogan. the state-run agency says 23 companies are being searched on suspicion of providing financial support. >>> two beneficial journalists and on iraqi producer have been charged by turkish authorities with being members of isil. they were arrested on saturday. >>> the lawyer for jailed al jazeera journalist, mohammed fahmy has called for canada's prime minister to intervene in his case. on saturday fahmy along with baher mohamed, and peter greste were given a three-year jail term for quote spreading false news. human rights lawyer says she has had support from canadi

zana hoda has more now from baghdad. >> translator: this is why people began to take to the streets,age of electricity and extreme heat was the breaking point for many iraqis. this sector has been warn down by years of war. the government of the prime minister promised to take action. the electricity minister was questioned in parliament. he blamed former ministers for not investing enough to development the distribution network. parliament was satisfied with his answers, but it caused yet more anger on the streets. >> translator: it seems parliament isn't taking people seriously. it's making people even angrier. >> reporter: some of the members of parliament who backed the minister were from abadi's block in parliament. the alliance is headed by former prime minister maliki who himself has been accused of corruption. he leads the biggest block in parliament. >> translator: the state of law is not united. they are against each other. abadi was relying on the leader of the sunni block, and shia leaders, but they are all standing against him. he is fighting for reforms alone with the b

her name is zana, she's 19 years old. her baby is due in two weeks. she told me her husband defected from the syrian army. if they go back, she says, he'll be executed. "even if we wanted to go back, we don't have any ney left." she says. i asked her how she felt before in the gas. "everything was burning" she says. "my eyes, my skin, my stomach was hurting." she doesn't remember falling. she's more worried about what happens next, no way forward, no money left and a baby on the way. >>> joining us now from hung i have nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, thank you for being here, it's phenomenal footage today, i have to ask you what happened to that woman. do you know where she came from and where she and her family ended up? >> she is from a kurdish part of northern syria very close to the turkish border. her husband was a regime soldier who defected. he didn't believe in the regime's policies or couldn't stomach them anymore and was hiding out and then once the town got surrounded by isis and their neighbor's house was destroye

mohammed to try another gate, so he, his wife sfa, eight months pregnant with twin, their 5-year-old zanagin to walk. mommed, a syrian, tells me if they're sent back they have nowhere to go. their house in aleppo was bombed. climbing under a fence the family is confronted by another shock. the second crossing is blocked, too. >> you cannot imagine what i feel. i don't know. now i have no feeling at all. i'm surprised. i'm shocked. >> reporter: many fear their dream of reaching wealthy europe is over. suddenly cheers erupt. an opening. >> people only have a hope. nothing else. they hope now they will open the doors for them. that's why everybody run. maybe they will do nothing. >> maybe. they're not giving a lot of information. they're not giving any information. the police were allowing people in. just a few at a time. mohammed crams in to line, pregnant sfa is pressed up against a fence. temporarily separated, the family eventually makes it through where they will end up though is far from certain. the river of refugees runs north from syria through turkey, greece, hungary, all of the wa