Published : 04-01-2019
Daraa Camp for Palestinian refugees has been grappling with abject conditions as a result of the fallouts wrought by the military operation launched by the Syrian government forces in mid-June 2018 using internationally-prohibited weapons in an attempt to recapture the area. 80% of civilian homes and property were destroyed.
An acute shortage in medicines and much-needed items along with the government’s tough blockade on the camp have made life unbearable in the area.
Soon after the Syrian government recaptured the camp, civilians appealed to the Palestinian Authority, Palestine Liberation Organization, and UNRWA to urgently step in and work on securing life-saving medicines and foodstuff urgently needed in the area.
The residents further appealed for debris-clearance, reconstruction of ruined homes and facilities, and removal of trash piles.
A number of Palestinian families returned to their homes in Daraa Camp in 2018, though no official decision has been issued by the Syrian government to that end.
Sometime earlier, Daraa governor said, following a field visit he paid to the camp on October 30, 2018, that the camp will be included in a new plan devised by the Syrian authorities to rehabilitate recaptured zones.
The governor also said that all shelters in Daraa will be shut and the residents will gain a safe access to their reconstructed towns, adding that another quarter will be built at the ruins of Daraa Camp, 80% of whose buildings were destroyed in the bloody warfare.
Daraa Camp for Palestinian refugees has been grappling with abject conditions as a result of the fallouts wrought by the military operation launched by the Syrian government forces in mid-June 2018 using internationally-prohibited weapons in an attempt to recapture the area. 80% of civilian homes and property were destroyed.
An acute shortage in medicines and much-needed items along with the government’s tough blockade on the camp have made life unbearable in the area.
Soon after the Syrian government recaptured the camp, civilians appealed to the Palestinian Authority, Palestine Liberation Organization, and UNRWA to urgently step in and work on securing life-saving medicines and foodstuff urgently needed in the area.
The residents further appealed for debris-clearance, reconstruction of ruined homes and facilities, and removal of trash piles.
A number of Palestinian families returned to their homes in Daraa Camp in 2018, though no official decision has been issued by the Syrian government to that end.
Sometime earlier, Daraa governor said, following a field visit he paid to the camp on October 30, 2018, that the camp will be included in a new plan devised by the Syrian authorities to rehabilitate recaptured zones.
The governor also said that all shelters in Daraa will be shut and the residents will gain a safe access to their reconstructed towns, adding that another quarter will be built at the ruins of Daraa Camp, 80% of whose buildings were destroyed in the bloody warfare.
