Published : 03-07-2018
Syria’s Council of Ministers green-lighted, following a meeting held on Monday, a bid to rehabilitate recaptured zones in Damascus. The cabinet tasked the Minister of Public Works and Housing with setting an organizational plan to rehabilitate Jober, Barzah, Qaboun, and Yarmouk Camp, taking into account the demographic and industrial idiosyncrasy of each area.
Minister of Local Administration and Environment Hussein Makhlouf said instructions were given to speed up the creation of a modern architectural vision and update Damascus organizational charts.
Palestinian officials said, however, that Yarmouk Camp will not be included in such future roadmaps and that the residents will be allowed to return to their homes shortly.
On June 5, 2018, Member of Yarmouk’s local committee Mahmoud Ashmawi said reports on the government’s rehabilitation plans in Yarmouk are just counterfeit and that no new objectives have been set following the outbreak of the Syrian conflict.
The Secretariat of the Alliance of Palestinian Forces also said during a meeting held on June 25 with field officials in refugee camps that Syrian political and security leaders told the Higher Follow-up Committee that Yarmouk Camp will not be included in rehabilitation plans for Damascus governorate.
It added that a set of initiatives will be launched in the next few months in partnership with concerned state parties, the General Authority for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, the Palestinian factions, and civil society institutions, to provide the returnees with vital services, remove debris, and reconstruct the camp.
The Syrian government regained control over Yarmouk and others areas south of Damascus following a 33-day military operation launched on April 21, 2018 and which took away the life of 33 civilians and left hundreds injured. Heavy material damage was wrought by the onslaught on civilian structures and property.
Syria’s Council of Ministers green-lighted, following a meeting held on Monday, a bid to rehabilitate recaptured zones in Damascus. The cabinet tasked the Minister of Public Works and Housing with setting an organizational plan to rehabilitate Jober, Barzah, Qaboun, and Yarmouk Camp, taking into account the demographic and industrial idiosyncrasy of each area.
Minister of Local Administration and Environment Hussein Makhlouf said instructions were given to speed up the creation of a modern architectural vision and update Damascus organizational charts.
Palestinian officials said, however, that Yarmouk Camp will not be included in such future roadmaps and that the residents will be allowed to return to their homes shortly.
On June 5, 2018, Member of Yarmouk’s local committee Mahmoud Ashmawi said reports on the government’s rehabilitation plans in Yarmouk are just counterfeit and that no new objectives have been set following the outbreak of the Syrian conflict.
The Secretariat of the Alliance of Palestinian Forces also said during a meeting held on June 25 with field officials in refugee camps that Syrian political and security leaders told the Higher Follow-up Committee that Yarmouk Camp will not be included in rehabilitation plans for Damascus governorate.
It added that a set of initiatives will be launched in the next few months in partnership with concerned state parties, the General Authority for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, the Palestinian factions, and civil society institutions, to provide the returnees with vital services, remove debris, and reconstruct the camp.
The Syrian government regained control over Yarmouk and others areas south of Damascus following a 33-day military operation launched on April 21, 2018 and which took away the life of 33 civilians and left hundreds injured. Heavy material damage was wrought by the onslaught on civilian structures and property.
