Published : 01-02-2016
In south Syria in Dara'a, cutting of the running water continues for the (670th) day. The cutting drives people to walk long distance to fetch water which exposes a major threat to refugees' lives due to the snipers deployed on the buildings overlooking the camp. Regarding to telephone network, the camp is out of service since 2014. The heating crisis is the severest problem in the harsh winter in the region this season, while the heating fuel is overpriced owing to blackmailing of the refugees at checkpoints. It is mentioned that Dara'a camp subjected to the heavy shelling in the second half of 2015. The bombarding caused a huge destruction to almost 70% of the camp. The residents fled the camp, and some of them, who decided to stay, are still live in shelters and small basements in the camp. More than 25,000 refugees were living in the camp prior to the Syrian crisis in March 2011. Now just about 500 Palestinian are still in the camp after the majority had left to other areas in countryside of Dara'a, while some crossed the border to Jordan.
In south Syria in Dara'a, cutting of the running water continues for the (670th) day. The cutting drives people to walk long distance to fetch water which exposes a major threat to refugees' lives due to the snipers deployed on the buildings overlooking the camp. Regarding to telephone network, the camp is out of service since 2014. The heating crisis is the severest problem in the harsh winter in the region this season, while the heating fuel is overpriced owing to blackmailing of the refugees at checkpoints. It is mentioned that Dara'a camp subjected to the heavy shelling in the second half of 2015. The bombarding caused a huge destruction to almost 70% of the camp. The residents fled the camp, and some of them, who decided to stay, are still live in shelters and small basements in the camp. More than 25,000 refugees were living in the camp prior to the Syrian crisis in March 2011. Now just about 500 Palestinian are still in the camp after the majority had left to other areas in countryside of Dara'a, while some crossed the border to Jordan.
