Amid dreadful humanitarian conditions | More families leave Al-Rukban camp to regime-controlled areas

Reliable sources have informed SOHR that four families have moved from Al-Rukban camp in the Syrian desert, near the Syria-Jordan-Iraq border triangle, to regime-controlled areas in Homs province over their dire living conditions. It is worth noting that these families includes a family of Bani Khalid tribe, a family from Palmyra city, while the two others are of Al-Amour tribe.

 

On February 28, SOHR sources reported that four families: one of “Al-Naim” tribe, one of “Bani Khalid” tribe and two families from Al-Qaryatayn city in the countryside of Homs, left Al-Rukban camp at Jordan-Syria-Iraq border triangle in the Syrian desert, heading to regime-held areas in Homs province

 

While on February 22, reliable sources informed SOHR that a family belonging to “Bani Khalid tribe” and seven young men from Al-Rukban “forgotten” camp, in the Syrian desert at the eastern border with Jordan and Iraq, had been en route to the Syrian regime-held areas in Homs city.

 

Also, on February 8, SOHR activists reported that two families from Palmyra in Homs countryside left Al-Rukban camp at Jordan-Syria-Iraq border triangle in the Syrian desert and headed to regime-held areas in Homs province, although there are no guarantees to protect them from arrest by the regime’s security services.

 

It is worth noting that the number of displaced people who leave the camp have recently escalated as the camp is suffering from inhumane conditions in light of the suspension of support provided by humanitarian organizations, the high cost of living, and the lack of job opportunities. These factors have led to turning the camp into a “large prison” forgotten in the Syrian desert that hosts 11,000 displaced persons from different areas across Syria.