Published : 03-02-2017
A tight security cordon has been imposed by the Syrian government forces on Khan Al-Sheih Camp for Palestinian refugees in western Rural Damascus.
Reporting from Khan Al-Sheih, AGPS news correspondent said the government troops have been blocking the entry of fuel and kerosene supplies along with batteries into the shelter. Civilians have also been denied free access out of and into the camp.
In order for workers and university students to gain access out of the camp, they have to register their names one day earlier at the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) branch, where cases of harassment and intimidation have been a daily occurrence.
A state of panic has swamped the camp due to the simmering crackdowns, interrogation summonses, and abductions carried out by the regime forces in a barefaced infringement of the reconciliation deal struck with the opposition outfits.
AGPS news correspondent said on December 25, 2016 the Syrian government forces from the Sa’sa’ branch in Rural Damascus embarked on an abduction sweep against Khan Al-Sheih residents. The list of arrestees included the Palestinian refugees Faris Eissat and Mohamed Abdullah Abu Kifah Arsan, among others.
The government troops also seized relief vehicles laden with aids slated to be handed out to Khan Al-Sheih civilians.
On December 26, 2016, three Palestinian refugees—Shadi Al-Hindi, Khaled Al-Hindi, and Hamouda Al-Hindi—were kidnapped from Khan Al-Sheih shortly after the Syrian battalions rolled into the camp.
Regime squads from the Sa’sa’ Branch also held sway over four civilian cars belonging to Khan Al-Sheih residents.
The locals further sounded distress signals over the swift hike in unemployment and poverty rates, along with the acute dearth in financial resources, due to the tough blockade.
The residents appealed to the international human rights institutions, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian political factions, and UNRWA to urgently step in and work on toning down the crisis at the soonest time possible.
Khan Al-Sheih residents added that a sum of 25 million Syrian Liras donated by the member of the Fatah Central Committee, Samir Al-Refai, who popped in the camp on January 3, 2017 , “has remained in secret pockets,” instead of being used to enhance the infrastructure, as pledged by the donor.
The Syrian government forces and their PLA abettors grabbed hold of the camp following a reconciliation accord struck with the opposition outfits in early December 2016.
A tight security cordon has been imposed by the Syrian government forces on Khan Al-Sheih Camp for Palestinian refugees in western Rural Damascus.
Reporting from Khan Al-Sheih, AGPS news correspondent said the government troops have been blocking the entry of fuel and kerosene supplies along with batteries into the shelter. Civilians have also been denied free access out of and into the camp.
In order for workers and university students to gain access out of the camp, they have to register their names one day earlier at the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) branch, where cases of harassment and intimidation have been a daily occurrence.
A state of panic has swamped the camp due to the simmering crackdowns, interrogation summonses, and abductions carried out by the regime forces in a barefaced infringement of the reconciliation deal struck with the opposition outfits.
AGPS news correspondent said on December 25, 2016 the Syrian government forces from the Sa’sa’ branch in Rural Damascus embarked on an abduction sweep against Khan Al-Sheih residents. The list of arrestees included the Palestinian refugees Faris Eissat and Mohamed Abdullah Abu Kifah Arsan, among others.
The government troops also seized relief vehicles laden with aids slated to be handed out to Khan Al-Sheih civilians.
On December 26, 2016, three Palestinian refugees—Shadi Al-Hindi, Khaled Al-Hindi, and Hamouda Al-Hindi—were kidnapped from Khan Al-Sheih shortly after the Syrian battalions rolled into the camp.
Regime squads from the Sa’sa’ Branch also held sway over four civilian cars belonging to Khan Al-Sheih residents.
The locals further sounded distress signals over the swift hike in unemployment and poverty rates, along with the acute dearth in financial resources, due to the tough blockade.
The residents appealed to the international human rights institutions, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian political factions, and UNRWA to urgently step in and work on toning down the crisis at the soonest time possible.
Khan Al-Sheih residents added that a sum of 25 million Syrian Liras donated by the member of the Fatah Central Committee, Samir Al-Refai, who popped in the camp on January 3, 2017 , “has remained in secret pockets,” instead of being used to enhance the infrastructure, as pledged by the donor.
The Syrian government forces and their PLA abettors grabbed hold of the camp following a reconciliation accord struck with the opposition outfits in early December 2016.
