Al-Rokban camp near the Jordanian border, tents in the sandstorm and a deplorable human condition get worse every day

Al-Rokban camp located in the Syrian desert at the border with Jordan, is witnessing a continuous deterioration in humanitarian and health conditions, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the consequences of the sandstorm that hit the camp and the area yesterday, Sunday, where the storm has uprooted many of the tents that shelter the displaced people, and the displaced people started early in the morning trying to repair the tents so that the families do not stay out in the open, and the Syrian Observatory published within the last 24 hours that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the deterioration of humanitarian and health conditions in al-Rokban refugee camp, which includes tens of thousands of people, where the deterioration of the humanitarian situation came as a result of a sandstorm hitting the area, which is located in the Syrian desert near the Syrian – Jordanian border and close to the base of the International Coalition in al-Tanf area, and the deterioration of situation of more than 60 thousand of the camp’s residents of civilians and fighters, comes in conjunction with continuous negotiations about transferring those civilians and fighters wishing to go the Syrian north, following the death of more citizens due to the poor health and medical conditions, the most recent of which was what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 3rd of January 2018, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the death of child in al-Rokban camp in the far southeast of Syria, near the Syrian-Jordanian border, following suffering of a disease, where the family of the girl confirmed that they were not allowed to transfer her to Jordan, and the medical point in the camp was unable to provide treatment for her, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 24th of December 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from several reliable sources that the forces of Maghawir al-Thawra operating in al-Tanf area and supported by the International Coalition, are preparing to be transferred to the Syrian north, along with civilians and fighters who rejected the “reconciliation and settlement with the regime”, the intersected sources confirmed for the Syrian Observatory that preparations are underway to transfer thousands towards the Syrian north, and the reasons for the transfer from the area is that the information the factions received, where these factions are supported by the International Coalition and located in al-Tanf area on the Syrian-Iraqi border, within the Syrian desert and in the Rokban camp for the displaced people which includes more than 60 thousand displaced people, these factions were informed to prepare to be transferred to the Syrian north, because of the intention of the United States of America to withdraw its forces from the area and east of Euphrates, following the decision of the US President to withdraw his forces of the Syrian territory.

This decision ignited the resentment in al-Rokban camp and the areas that are under the protection of the International Coalition within the Syrian desert, where the residents expressed their resentment and condemnation of the decision of the US President to withdraw, leaving them to face the fate of tens of thousands of Syrians who were killed either by bombing or under torture or by other means, after the regime forces took control of their areas, and the residents of al-Rokban camp for the displaced people hold the United States, its president, and forces responsible for their lives, if they were put at risk of being killed and detained by the regime forces, their allies, and the Russians, where those in charge of al-Rokban camp announced that they prepare for a sit-in tomorrow and that they will go towards al-Tanf base; to demand the International Coalition officials to find radical solutions for them, along with their complete rejection for carrying out “reconciliations and settlements” with the regime forces, and the Syrian Observatory published in the past 48 hours that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that factions of Ahmad al-‘Abdu and Jaysh al-Maghawir; which operate in the Syrian Desert in al-Rokban camp at the Syrian-Jordanian border, carried out a raid and arrested people on the outskirts of al-Rokban camp, where they arrested 16 people of the sleeper cells of the “Islamic State” organization, where the group used to enter and exit al-Rokban camp from time to time, and the Syrian Observatory published 2 days ago that the sleeper cells of different parties, notably the “Islamic State” organization, continue to operate within areas that used to be under their control, or in areas where there are displaced people used to be in its controlled areas earlier, of who were driven by circumstances to seek shelter and a safe place to live away of killing or death, but the cells operating in different areas of the Syrian territory are still seeking more chaos, instability, and to shed more blood of which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been poured on the Syrian soil by all parties, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor the activity of more cells, this time, near International Coalition base in al-Tanf area in the Syrian desert, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received a copy of a statement issued by the office of the security Forces of Ahmad al-Abdu who are located in al-Rokban camp area near la-Tanf base and the Syrian – Jordanian border.

The statement says: “to our people in al-Rokban camp and the neighboring areas, we advise you to take caution at this stage and difficult days of the history of our blessed revolution, as these difficult circumstances and political unrest will be taken advantage of by dark hands, that want the worse for you and us, and to bring us back through security chaos in the barn of obedience to Bashar al-Assad and his allies, and through our keenness on our security and your security in the area we have taken several security measures, relying on the help of God and your interaction and help, by providing us with information about any strange person in the area or any suspected movement by people suspected of dealing with the fallen regime, the Russian occupiers, and ISIS Organization as cells in the area, or any strange car or objects on public roads of our area, and we inform you that these measures will continue beyond the new year’s day”, and the statement mentioned telephone numbers to contact the security office.

The Syrian Observatory published on the 18th of November 2018 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights obtained information from intersected sources that the 2 persons who were found dead in al-Rokban Camp on the 16th of November; were from the people who refused to swear allegiance to the “Islamic State” Organization in al-Dumayr city back in 2014, during the control of the Organization on the city, and they were expelled from the city by the Organization and settled in al-Rokban camp near the Syrian – Jordanian border. Sources in al-Rokban Camp told the Syrian Observatory that they found papers with names of 56 people they were asked to liquidate them by forces of the Syrian regime. And about their murder; the reliable sources confirmed that 6 people including 2 former fighters in the ranks of the “Islamic State” Organization, who had been arrested about a year and a half ago by the forces of Ahmad al-Abdu, and were handed over to the International Coalition Forces at al-Tanf Base, and they were investigated in Jordan for long periods then they were subjected for a rehabilitation course at al-Tanf base, released, and settled in the al-Rokban camp, the sources confirmed that those people are the ones who killed the 2 persons, where they brought the 2 persons to a home of a former fighter on the pretext of resolving differences and settling the situation between both parties, and they were captured at home on the afternoon of the 16th of November 2018, then they were taken out that night and executed in al-Bayda area on the outskirts of the camp, without the knowledge of the factions in the camp, who learned about the incident the next morning and searched for the 6 people who are from an Arab clan and demolished their homes in al-Rokban, and they still searching for them until now.