On October 2, 2023, heavy rainfall damaged and flooded 40 tents in the camps of al-Zmar, Shahranaz, and Boustan al-Joum’a in western rural Idlib governorate, in addition to a tent school in al-Zmar Camp. The flooding also led to the formation of rainwater channels running through the area, which is jointly controlled by armed opposition factions and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) notes that these repeated occurrences further worsen the already dire living conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs), exacerbating their existing 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 camps’ administration with additional tens for emergencies.
