Published : 18-11-2015
In Damascus suburb, the residents of Sbeina camp, which locates near the city of Sbeina, 14 kilometers south of the city of Damascus on 27,000 square meters in an active industrial area, appealed to return to their homes.
Sbeina residents were forced to leave because of the violent clashes that broke out between the regular army and groups of the armed opposition which ended with the complete control of the regular army on the camp for 730 days respectively.
According to residents, the camp became forgotten by the Syrian government, Palestinian factions, and PLO who deliberately ignore their suffering and economic crises resulting from not returning to their property and their camp.
Sbeina camp and town have formed a safe haven to the residents of the adjacent camps and towns, yet, under the expansion of violence in Damascus suburb, Sbeina town was affected at the beginning forcing many residents to leave and resort to Sbeina camp.
Some of them rented houses whether Syrians or Palestinians living outside the administrative domain of the camp until the end of 2012.
In the beginning of 2013, the camp lived under suffocating siege within the siege imposed on the southern region of Damascus which forced its residents to displace to neighboring regions such as "Sehnaya, Al Keswa, Khan Al Shieh, and Khan Danoon camps.
Displacement continued with the intensification of siege until the camp became almost empty especially after being subjected to direct bombing for several times.
After the regular army took control of the town and the camp on 11 July 2013; according to eyewitnesses of those who were allowed to enter form the governmental sector employees, more than 80% of the camp is destructed almost completely specifically the extended area from Maaz bin Jabal mosque, which forms the western entrance of the camp, till the camp's bakery known as Al- Akrad bakery and the rest of the region until UNRWA schools , the last borders of the camp from the east, is in need for restoration.
They added that" houses of the opposition groups that were not destroyed have been burned and most of them contain only heavy baggage."
On 11 November 2013, the Popular Committees of the General Command were only allowed to enter the camp and the rest of the town under the control of the regime without allowing its residents to return.
In Damascus suburb, the residents of Sbeina camp, which locates near the city of Sbeina, 14 kilometers south of the city of Damascus on 27,000 square meters in an active industrial area, appealed to return to their homes.
Sbeina residents were forced to leave because of the violent clashes that broke out between the regular army and groups of the armed opposition which ended with the complete control of the regular army on the camp for 730 days respectively.
According to residents, the camp became forgotten by the Syrian government, Palestinian factions, and PLO who deliberately ignore their suffering and economic crises resulting from not returning to their property and their camp.
Sbeina camp and town have formed a safe haven to the residents of the adjacent camps and towns, yet, under the expansion of violence in Damascus suburb, Sbeina town was affected at the beginning forcing many residents to leave and resort to Sbeina camp.
Some of them rented houses whether Syrians or Palestinians living outside the administrative domain of the camp until the end of 2012.
In the beginning of 2013, the camp lived under suffocating siege within the siege imposed on the southern region of Damascus which forced its residents to displace to neighboring regions such as "Sehnaya, Al Keswa, Khan Al Shieh, and Khan Danoon camps.
Displacement continued with the intensification of siege until the camp became almost empty especially after being subjected to direct bombing for several times.
After the regular army took control of the town and the camp on 11 July 2013; according to eyewitnesses of those who were allowed to enter form the governmental sector employees, more than 80% of the camp is destructed almost completely specifically the extended area from Maaz bin Jabal mosque, which forms the western entrance of the camp, till the camp's bakery known as Al- Akrad bakery and the rest of the region until UNRWA schools , the last borders of the camp from the east, is in need for restoration.
They added that" houses of the opposition groups that were not destroyed have been burned and most of them contain only heavy baggage."
On 11 November 2013, the Popular Committees of the General Command were only allowed to enter the camp and the rest of the town under the control of the regime without allowing its residents to return.
