On March 24, 2024, a rainstorm hit al-Rukban Camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern rural Homs governorate near the Syrian-Jordanian border. A number of the clay houses there were damaged by flooding, which also destroyed some of their ceilings. The storm also formed torrents and muddy pools of water, impeding movement inside the camp. The area is under the control of armed opposition factions and the US-led International Coalition forces.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) notes that that these repeated occurrences further worsen the already dire living conditions of IDPs, exacerbating their existing severe hardships. We urge international relief organizations, including the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to urgently respond to the camps’ basic needs, and provide the camps’ administration with additional tens for emergencies.
