00:00Good evening, welcome to a new episode of your show, What's Happening.
00:05Today is Friday 28-8-26, 28-4, 20-26, 15, 15th of Rabi Al-A'la.
00:16At the start, let's all do this together, please.
00:22Let's recite Al-Fatiha, for the souls of the victims in Algeria, who passed away as a result of the
00:31massive fires that struck the country.
00:33May God have mercy on them.
00:41God!
00:43Let's all recite Al-Fatiha together, please.
00:46Welcome to Algeria. After the massive fires that struck the country, these historic fires were of the highest degree in
00:54the provinces of Keluna, Constantine, Samyintizi, Uzu, Anaba, and Mila.
01:00But perhaps the region that had a lion's share of these massive fires is Jeju province in northern Algeria.
01:13Let's recite Al-Fatiha, for the souls of the victims of this incident, where some of us were buried together.
01:21If you allow, let's recite Al-Fatiha together.
01:2740 people in this municipality alone, about 40 people in this municipality, in Jijel province alone, around 40 people in
01:40a mass grave.
01:4240 people? What are you saying, doctor?
01:45I know the number of victims, everyone, it's very frightening.
01:52Let's all please recite Al-Fatiha for Algeria.
01:59Look, I'll tell you what was said.
02:03These are unofficial numbers.
02:09The number of victims as a result of these massive fires is between 200 and 400 people.
02:22Between 200 and 400 people.
02:25But I confirm that these are unofficial statistics.
02:30Many of our people in Algeria contacted me personally.
02:39Especially in the municipality of Al-Jumma Beni Habibi.
02:43Let's go and see, for example, from this municipality, we saw the mass grave.
02:52Let's go and see inside one of the houses in Jijel province, or what's left of one of the houses
02:59after it was completed.
03:00Will it be burned by the fire, or after it was totally destroyed by the fire?
03:07Unfortunately, families have lost everything they had.
03:11I mean, imagine your own house burning down to the ground.
03:14This person must be devastated.
03:16He lived in that house.
03:18Spent his whole life there.
03:20Put his blood and sweat into it.
03:22And then it burned down right in front of him in the blink of an eye.
03:28Of course, I don't want to get into the causes of the fire, whether it was intentional or not.
03:34I'll leave that matter and this issue to the official authorities in Algeria.
03:39Maybe I have something specific that I expect to say only to the channel members.
03:43For those who want to join the channel membership.
03:46But what I can't say in the members only section, we leave these matters to the official authorities in Algeria
03:53and the official statements.
03:55But our hearts are with our people in Algeria.
03:58Look at this picture of the village of Jumma, of the municipality of Jumma.
04:03Jumma Beni Habibi in Jijel province.
04:06It's all ashes, unfortunately.
04:09Look at the picture.
04:10The picture speaks for itself.
04:12A large part of this municipality has turned to ashes, unfortunately.
04:16Let's leave Jijel for now and go a bit to Konstantin and then I'll come back to Jijel.
04:20Let's do that.
04:23Now we are watching this clip from Konstantin province.
04:27And it's like they say, fire behind you and the sea in front of you.
04:32Look, the fire is surrounding people.
04:35The fire has trapped people in Konstantin province, unfortunately.
04:42So they couldn't go back.
04:44They're stuck by the sea.
04:45They can't return to their homes and they can't move forward because the sea is in front of them.
04:51And the fire, really the fire consumed.
04:54I mean, look, the fire consumed.
04:56There's a bridge in the area.
04:57Even the fire devoured this bridge.
05:00But this footage was taken last night.
05:03Last night or maybe the night before last as well.
05:06Let me go back to Jijel.
05:07Let's look at this image also from Jijel and this one as well.
05:15A very touching image.
05:17Let me move on as well.
05:19Let's watch this new clip also from Jijel province.
05:22See how the fires were in this footage.
05:25And this video shows the fire surrounding Jijel getting ready to attack the city before actually attacking, burning and destroying
05:35it.
05:36What it destroyed.
05:38Unfortunately, our hearts are with you, our people in Jijel.
05:45Let's go.
05:46Let's also watch another clip from Jijel showing how people are fleeing their homes.
05:50Honestly, it's one of the hardest scenes.
05:52Honestly, I'm deeply affected by what happened in Algeria.
05:57No matter what we say or how much we try to comfort you, what can we really say to you?
06:02We feel like we're falling short as Syrians.
06:06We wish we could help more.
06:08I'm sure it's not just Syrians.
06:10Everyone in our Arab countries would have given whatever they could.
06:14Our hearts are with you.
06:16The tragedy is great, I know.
06:18But we also trust that the Algerian government will do what needs to be done.
06:22And people will come together out of a sense of social responsibility.
06:27People will stand by each other.
06:29Did you see in this clip how people, along with their children, are fleeing their homes at the last moment?
06:38The fire swept through the houses, reached the homes, and people carried their children and fled.
06:45It reminded us of what happened in the Niqbal flood.
06:49How people started climbing up the mountains.
06:52Serious disasters are happening in the world.
06:55Disaster after disaster.
06:56Unfortunately, this clip affected me a lot, seeing how people are carrying their children
07:01and trying to escape anywhere away from the fire.
07:08Also, a group of people and vacationers wanted to escape.
07:13So they went down to the sea before the fires trapped them in the city of Taza, this time in
07:20Jijil province.
07:21You even want to see this clip from the beaches, whether in the city of Taza or its surroundings.
07:25They went on vacation for a change of scenery, and suddenly the fires broke out with strong winds and spread
07:31everywhere.
07:33They didn't know whether to go back to their homes or swim in the sea, so they panicked.
07:38People started calling for help and crying out for help.
07:41Save us! Save us!
07:42The sea is in front of us, and the fire is behind us.
07:50The flames and smoke surrounded them everywhere on the beach.
07:54Glory be to God, it was as if it was the day of judgment.
07:58It was something very serious.
08:00Of course, we still have a lot more.
08:02We still have many clips, and we still have something serious that I want to talk about regarding what happened
08:06in Algeria.
08:07But let's just make it eight minutes.
08:10Honestly, it's something that really affected me.
08:13I can't say more than this.
08:15I'm with you, Ahmad al-Durama. Let's stir things up.
08:18What happened, stay well.
08:19We'll see you next time out.
08:19Go ahead, Rhonda.
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