September 5, 2018
The majority of Afrin residents who fled the war continue to live in camps set up for the displaced in the areas of Al Shahba in the northern Aleppo countryside, where about 300,000 people have been displaced from the city of Afrin and its countryside by Turkish forces attack and Syrian factions loyal to them in the region. This came within the framework of the “olive branch” announced by Turkey, on 20 January last, against YPG” amid harsh living conditions and absence of basic elements of life.
Afrin and its villages plight of displaced in the towns of Fafin, Ahzar, Umm Hawash, Kafr Naya, Kafr Nasah, Al wahshya , Hasagak, Tal Shu’ir, Tal Rif’at, Dirjamal and its surroundings in northern Aleppo countryside , their numbers are exceeds over 750 thousands displacers is exacerbated by difficulties of residents of these towns and villages in the camps who fled inevitable death from their areas face the life of displacement and bitterness of displacement in midst of harsh living conditions where the area lacks water, electricity and all public services.
Burkhaddan camp or the resistance The largest group of displaced people in Afrin includes 743 families, comprising 2,865 individuals, including 1,482 women. There are 161 children under two years of age.
The absence of international support and attention may have been noticed, despite numerous reports showing the tragic situation of the displaced. Although a UN report said a few days ago that it continues to respond to needs of displaced people from Afrin area in Tal Refa’at, Nabel and Zahra towns and neighboring areas. Civilians protection remains a major concern throughout the region, including with regard to freedom of movement of those who wish to return to their homes, and ensure that rights to housing, land and property are fully respected, but on the ground there was no change.
The residents of the camps suffer from difficult humanitarian conditions, especially in health section and medical services, where hepatitis A, E and tuberculosis, especially among displaced people living in Brakhdan and Sardam camps, are not available at health centers, The most important of these cases are (hypertension, heart disease, leishmaniasis, women’s diseases, births, child diseases, eye diseases, accidents, burns cases , allergies cases ), in addition to the severe shortage of Children milk who pass through a sensitive stage of their life and other requirements from diapers and bottles of milk.
Where pharmacist Abdullah Duyko noted that so far no organization has provided medicines to the camp’s displaced, and stressed that the current medicines provided to the displaced, which are very few just for self-capacity .
The pharmacist also appealed to international organizations and the World Health Organization to provide humanitarian assistance to people in the camps and the need to provide assistance, especially in health section, noting that they had repeatedly appealed to them, but that so far they had received no support from any relevant parties.
the patients has been forced living in the camps in some cases to go to other places to receive treatment, but the Syrian regime forces prevent crossing residents of the camps in Shahba from the areas controlled by them, to go to Aleppo city for proper treatment, prevent the Syrian regime forces families and individuals in Shahba areas Nabal and Zahra towns to travel to Aleppo deliberately, while smuggling of people by crossing the roads of abandoned and dangerous because of spread of mines and remnants of war left by the organization calling in the region.
The Syrian regime, through its strongholds, continues to prevent civilians from reaching its areas of control in Aleppo province, and asks for large sums of money in return for allowing some to pass, as do the Turkish forces and armed factions, which only allow the passage of money after looting.
Afrin people are continues suffering and the displaced people as a result of poor living conditions, the spread of diseases, epidemics and lack of medicines, what is related to the spread of the remnants of war, especially the mines that have killed dozens of civilians. The region needs specialized organizations to remove remnants of war and mines.
