SOHR : Syrian refugee camps swept away by rains

In Syria, severe inclement weather caused extensive damage to refugee camps in the north-west of the country. Hundreds of tents have been destroyed or flooded.

More than 70 camps sheltering tens of thousands of refugees in Idlib province, and north of Aleppo, which still escape Damascus’s control, have been damaged by inclement weather.

Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds fell for 24 hours without interruption in northern Syria.

At least a hundred tents have been torn down and several dozen others damaged or flooded by water in this region.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights indicates that the most significant damage affected wild camps in northwestern Syria, where NGOs and humanitarian associations are not active.

The Syrian conflict that has lasted since 2011 has caused the exodus of 13 million people, who represent 60% of the population. Six and a half million Syrians have been welcomed by neighboring countries, including Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

Seven million are internally displaced, including a million in areas controlled by pro-Turkish rebels and jihadists in Idleb and Aleppo.

This population lives in precarious conditions. In the wild camps, the displaced, often without resources, are left to fend for themselves.

 

 

SOURCE: Daily World News