On May 12, 2024, a fire, caused by a cooking gas leak, broke out in a tent in al-Baraa Camp for internally displaced persons in Salwa village in northern Idlib governorate. A boy, identified as two-year-old Haythm Mohammad Abdul Jalil from Atshan village in northeastern rural Hama governorate, died in the fire. Additionally, the tent and its contents were heavily destroyed in the blaze. The area is under the 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 IDP camps’ urgent basic needs, and to supply the camps’ administration with additional tents for emergencies.
