Syria’s Khan Eshieh refugee camp, home to descendants of several thousand Palestinian refugees who were expelled from their homes during the 1948 nakba, is besieged by Russian-backed government forces and is on the verge of collapse. The countryside around the camp has been an important flashpoint between government and rebel factions since 2012, and has been besieged since 2013. In a statement released in July, Human Rights Watch said that “more than half of all Syrian civilians have fled or are trapped inside opposition-held areas due to fighting between regime forces, rebels, and The influx of IDPs put Yarmouk under obvious strain, but also raised tensions as fighting edged closer to the camp. jiha@@ May. The town’s last hospital was destroyed by airstrikes weeks ago, and schools have been suspended since October.
Syria’s Khan Eshieh refugee camp, home to descendants of several thousand Palestinian refugees who were expelled from their homes during the 1948 nakba, is besieged by Russian-backed government forces and is on the verge of collapse. The countryside around the camp has been an important flashpoint between government and rebel factions since 2012, and has been besieged since 2013. In a statement released in July, Human Rights Watch said that “more than half of all Syrian civilians have fled or are trapped inside opposition-held areas due to fighting between regime forces, rebels, and jiha@@ May. The town’s last hospital was destroyed by airstrikes weeks ago, and schools have been suspended since October.