Published : 12-01-2021
Desperate for warmth, displaced Palestinian and Syrian families taking refuge in the substandard refugee camp of AlHusainiya, in Syria, have been burning their clothes and plastic materials to stave off winter cold after they failed to afford firewood and fuel supplies.
This has resulted in heavy smokes engulfing the area from all corners and engendering civilians’, particularly children’s, health condition.
Activists sounded the alarm over the health hazards emanating from toxic smokes. Scores of children have sustained costochondritis (chest inflammation) and bronchitis due to heavy smoke inhalation.
High unemployment rates and the absence of relief assistance by UNRWA and other humanitarian institutions have made survival quite difficult in AlHusainiya camp.
Offensives launched on the camp using MIG warplanes led to the death of dozens of civilians in AlHusainiya Camp and a massive material destruction. Bloody shootouts between the opposition outfits and the Syrian government forces culminated in the latter’s takeover of the camp on October 9, 2013.
Desperate for warmth, displaced Palestinian and Syrian families taking refuge in the substandard refugee camp of AlHusainiya, in Syria, have been burning their clothes and plastic materials to stave off winter cold after they failed to afford firewood and fuel supplies.
This has resulted in heavy smokes engulfing the area from all corners and engendering civilians’, particularly children’s, health condition.
Activists sounded the alarm over the health hazards emanating from toxic smokes. Scores of children have sustained costochondritis (chest inflammation) and bronchitis due to heavy smoke inhalation.
High unemployment rates and the absence of relief assistance by UNRWA and other humanitarian institutions have made survival quite difficult in AlHusainiya camp.
Offensives launched on the camp using MIG warplanes led to the death of dozens of civilians in AlHusainiya Camp and a massive material destruction. Bloody shootouts between the opposition outfits and the Syrian government forces culminated in the latter’s takeover of the camp on October 9, 2013.
