On July 14, 2023, a malfunction in a battery-operated lighting source caused a fire in al-Mashfa Camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the village of Ein al-Beyda on the Syrian-Turkish border in the western suburbs of Idlib governorate. While no casualties were recorded, two tents and their contents were completely destroyed in the blaze, which also caused damage to some nearby tents. The area is under the joint control of armed opposition factions and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) calls on international relief organizations to meet the urgent basic needs of IDPs’ camps, and to supply the camps’ administration with additional tents for emergencies.
