‘Forgotten’ Camps where Syria war Displaced Languish

Tue Aug 08 2023
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Thousands of people displaced by 12 years of war are stuck in squalid, unofficial camps in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast, languishing in extreme poverty and largely cut off from international assistance. “We’ve been completely forgotten,” says Rahma al-Hammud, 33, standing at her tent — a shoddy patchwork of worn-out fabric, tarp and old fertiliser bags crudely sewn together. AFP

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