Member of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) Zakariya Malahifji, and member of the SOC’s Department of Refugee Affairs Rawah Al-Asfour visited the Association of Displaced Palestinian-Syrians in northwestern Syria. They discussed the distribution of Palestinian-Syrian refugees in northwestern Syria and the challenges and difficulties they are facing.
The SOC’s members discussed the suffering of the displaced Palestinian-Syrians and the harsh conditions in the IDP camps across northwestern Syria. They listened to an overview on the situation by Coordinator of the Palestinian-Syrian Maseer Conglomerate Ayman Abu Hashem.
Malahifji praised the efforts that the Association is making to manage the affairs of the IDPs, especially with regard to procurement of civil documents, solving daily issues and problems, and organizing educational activities at the Association’s center in the town of Azaz in rural Aleppo.
Palestinian-Syrians from the camps of Yarmouk, Dara’a, Handarat and Khan al-Sheeh were at the forefront of the Syrian revolution against the Assad regime. At least 4,000 Palestinian-Syrians have been killed at the hands of the Assad regime forces and Iranian militias since the start of the revolution, while more than 1,800 are still detained by the regime.
Palestinian-Syrians have also been subjected to mass forced displacement due to brutal sieges and attacks by Assad regime forces and Iranian militias. (Source: SOC’s Media Department)
