In al-Rokban camp, a Syrian lady is burned with her children and sources confirm to SOHR she did not commit suicide despite the harsh living conditions
Several sources in al-Rokban camp for the displaced people in the Syrian desert on the Syrian-Jordanian border; denied to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights what was promoted about a displaced woman burning herself with her children in their tent in the camp, which includes tens of thousands of displaced people, because of what the rumor promoters claimed to be in protest against the lack of food for her and her children, and the sources confirmed that the fire broke out due to turning on a stove in the tent and a mistake was made which caused the fire in the tent, and burned the woman with her children badly, after which they were transferred to the Jordanian side for treatment, the Syrian Observatory published two days ago that the displaced people al-Rokban camp in the Syrian desert at the Syrian-Jordanian border renewed their refusal to negotiate to exit towards regime forces’-controlled areas, where a statement was issued by civil and military parties through the local administration of al-Rokban camp, demanding to be transferred to the Syrian north by the protection of the International Coalition, and refusing to negotiate their exit into areas controlled by the regime forces, at a time when the camp’s residents are living in dire and difficult conditions, and the Syrian Observatory has publishing 4 days ago that 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.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 21st of December 2018 that as a result of these conditions and the conditions of residents of these camps, who came out of their homes without taking anything to help them in their lives, and not being able to support their families, not to mention the psychological situation suffered by residents of the stress they face from all directions and at all levels; the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a case of suicide of a man, he in his forties in al-Na’ourah camp in the countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man city south of Idlib Province, where his financial situation was critical in its lowest possible point, in addition to his inability to support his family members and provide them with the lowest standards of life, where reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the man is “Musa Ali al-Aliawi,” he was born in al-Jaddu’ieyyat in the eastern countryside of Hama Province on 1975, and he is a displaced person from al-Na’ourah city in the countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man city south of Idlib, and he finally reached the point of committing suicide. He shot himself because of his difficult living conditions.
In a testimony of one of his relative, he told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that Musa Ali al-Aliawi is married and he has 8 children, was known before displacing from his village, al-Jaddu’ieyyat, the he his financial situation was good, where he had hundreds of sheep and he had agricultural lands, but like other displaced people; he was forced to leave everything behind and escape from the heavy bombardment that the area suffered late last year by the Russian warplanes and regime’s warplanes, in addition to the advance of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them and their control of the entire area, he was displaced to al-Na’ourah camp near Maarrat al-Nu’man south of Idlib, where this camp along with 12 other camps belong to the Department of Displacement of the Syrian Rescue Government, which has been suffering since the beginning from a very tragic and difficult situation, which get even worse in the winter with the start of floods and their destruction of tents and drowning them in heavy rain water, as well as the significant shortage in food, medical supplies, and the education part, and the difficulty of moving between the tents because of the mud ground of the camps and the lack of roads connecting the camps to the outside, and a lot of difficulties, to which the department of displaced people’s affairs did not care and remained silent until this moment, while it is watching the situation becoming more difficult day after day, without any real move to improve the living situation, where Musa -who has a large family- could not control himself after all this hardship and difficult life in this camp, and was no longer able to support his family and meet the many needs of his children of clothing and food, so, in his last days he entered in a difficult psychological situation, he was always sitting alone thinking about his conditions and the conditions of his fellow refugees, finally, he decided to commit suicide. This incident took place on the morning of the 4th of December 2018, when he took advantage of the absence of everyone in the tent, where his wife went to buy bread, and his kids went to an educational tent where they are taught by a volunteer teacher in the camp, Musa took out his own Kalashnikov (Russian rifle) and shot himself in the area under the lower palate, his father -who lives in a neighboring tent- heard the shooting and rushed to the tent quickly, to find Musa lying on the ground bleeding, and his skull exploded.
The same sources described the incident as “really painful and tragic”, his parents buried him in a cemetery near the camp and his family was destined to live with their father’s brother, the strange thing is that this incident did not attract the attention of the camp’s officials, and did not receive the attention of the charitable organization neither, where the family has not received any assistance from any party yet, which aroused resentment of the displaced people and Heard the incident.
In the same context, under the almost inhuman conditions in these camps, the death of a baby girl was documented in al-Nasr camp, which is located near Qah town north of Idlib Province, she died after a long suffering with malnutrition due to the depletion of her mother’s milk because of the difficult living conditions and them father’s inability to buy milk for her, due to his poor financial condition, the 7-month-old girl, Mariam Yassin al-Hussein, her father lives in al-Nasr camp near Qah town north of Idlib Province; she suffered since birth due to the bad nutrition she had after the depletion of her mother’s milk, and her father was unable to buy her baby’s milk, so, she died after a long months of illness, she received some treatment within the poor health services in the camp.
In a testimony by a relative of the child, he told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that Maryam was a child from a poor family, she was a sister for 7 others, her 41-years-old father lives in al-Nasr camp near Qah town north of Idlib Province, and he fled his village of al-Rabda at the eastern countryside of Hama Province with thousands of others late 2017. Maryam was born in the camp but after 2 months of her birth her mother suffered drought in her milk, and day after day the child’s condition began to deteriorate, as a result of the lack of food, so her father took her to a doctor in the border town of Atma, after the examination it turned out that she found that she was suffering from acute malnutrition and needed quick treatment and food, and he described her infant milk, which costs about 2000 Syrian pounds and lasts no more than 3 days, her father tried to contact many parties to donate milk so he can feed his daughter, but it didn’t work, and he was unable to buy it because he had no money due to the poverty he suffers along with many of the residents of the camp.
After 4 months the child entered a serious illness condition, so her father went to the hospital again and was immediately transferred to Turkey for treatment due to his danger’s condition, after arriving at a hospital in Turkey the child received some treatments and she was provided with nourishing serum for almost one month, but her situation stayed bad and she did not get better, and she died leaving behind her brothers and sisters without heating and foodstuffs. in a truly tragic situation, all this happened because of the disregard of the humanitarian organizations for these camps, and not taking into consideration the situation of those living there, who suffered enough from the war, and became homeless because of it, they left their houses to end up in camps that should be named the camps of death, camps that have no sign of a decent life.