27 minutes agoUN: More than 7,000 Syrians abandoned camp near Jordan border
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)More than 7,000 people have left a desperate desert camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border since March, a UN spokesman said Friday. According to the humanitarian co-ordination office O UN CHA, about 36,000 people remained in the isolated Rukban camp near the used Al-Tanf base [...]
More than 7,000 people have left a desperate desert camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border since March, a UN spokesman said Friday.
According to the humanitarian co-ordination office O The UN's CHA, about 36,000 people remained in the isolated Rukban camp near the Al-Tanf base used by the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group, as more than 4,000 people left between March and April 21st, the AFP writes.
The Syrian government and the main supporter Russia said in February they had opened corridors outside the camp, urging residents to leave.
