Published : 05-10-2017
Activists confirm to AGPS that more than 250 Palestinian-Syria families in Ghouta, east Syria and suffering extremely bad living conditions due to the continuous tight siege on the areas they live in.
According to what came in to the Action Group, the families are distributed across the towns of Duma, Zamalka, Hazeh and Hamouriyah are suffering from the severe lack of food and medical supplies, because of the tight siege imposed on Ghouta by the regime since September 2013, as well as the frequent aerial and artillery bombardments.
The agony is also increasing due to of what has become known as "war merchants" who monopolize food and sell them with higher prices to those living under the siege, reaching up to ten times the real price.
The people are complaining that relief aid from UNRWA is not reaching them, since snipers stopped their access to the UNRWA premises in the capital, Damascus and the UN agency decided to stop sending its help to east Ghouta.
For their part, the people renewed their demands through AGPS to all international agencies, especially UNRWA, official Palestinian agencies, the Palestinian embassy in Damascus, the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Arab and European relief institutions, to work to put an end to their suffering and to provide urgent relief assistance to them.
Activists confirm to AGPS that more than 250 Palestinian-Syria families in Ghouta, east Syria and suffering extremely bad living conditions due to the continuous tight siege on the areas they live in.
According to what came in to the Action Group, the families are distributed across the towns of Duma, Zamalka, Hazeh and Hamouriyah are suffering from the severe lack of food and medical supplies, because of the tight siege imposed on Ghouta by the regime since September 2013, as well as the frequent aerial and artillery bombardments.
The agony is also increasing due to of what has become known as "war merchants" who monopolize food and sell them with higher prices to those living under the siege, reaching up to ten times the real price.
The people are complaining that relief aid from UNRWA is not reaching them, since snipers stopped their access to the UNRWA premises in the capital, Damascus and the UN agency decided to stop sending its help to east Ghouta.
For their part, the people renewed their demands through AGPS to all international agencies, especially UNRWA, official Palestinian agencies, the Palestinian embassy in Damascus, the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Arab and European relief institutions, to work to put an end to their suffering and to provide urgent relief assistance to them.
