(Zaman Al Wasl)- A group of armed me from a tribe in Badiyet Palmyra attacked al-Raqban camp on Monday on the Syrian Jordanian borders.
Palmyra Coordination Committee said the attackers which it describe as bandits under the protection of Free Syrian Army (FSA) stormed the tents of the displaced in the camp in full armory and robbed what they could from the camp.
The committee added they fired live bullets on the water storage and who ever tried to confront them from men and few were injured and in serious conditions.
According to the source, the thugs stormed the medical points and pharmacies and robbed what they could. The thugs also threatened displaced from locals of Palmyra of kicking them out from the camp under pretext the displaced facilitated Islamic State entrance and control of the city.
The committee demanded FSA leaders to have some mercy over the displaced who fled the hell of Assad and Isis alike calling them to protect the camp and its population from gangs under their factions.
The committee called for Arab and International organization to dispatch observers and doctors to visit the camp and see the needs of the displaced as soon as possible.
Member of the committee activist Naser al-Thaner revealed that attackers number were around 3000 persons. 100 out of them are from al-Amoor tribe led by Majed al-Azab. Al-Thaner confirmed that the camp population fled the Assad and Isis together and sought protection from FSA in the area and the Jordanian borders guards, but they were gravely disappointed.
The activist added the bandits gang is under protection of a faction in FSA did not care about the suffering of the displaced. The leader of the thugs had formerly assaulted public and private property in the countryside of Palmyra.
Al-Raqban camp is situated in a neutral area on the Syrian Iraqi Jordanian borders and lies 120 kilometers away from Jordanian city al-Rwayished, the closest city to the camp.
According to official data, the number of displaced in the camp is estimated between 18 and 10thousand until last February.
Translation by Rana Abdul
Palmyra Coordination Committee said the attackers which it describe as bandits under the protection of Free Syrian Army (FSA) stormed the tents of the displaced in the camp in full armory and robbed what they could from the camp.
The committee added they fired live bullets on the water storage and who ever tried to confront them from men and few were injured and in serious conditions.
According to the source, the thugs stormed the medical points and pharmacies and robbed what they could. The thugs also threatened displaced from locals of Palmyra of kicking them out from the camp under pretext the displaced facilitated Islamic State entrance and control of the city.
The committee demanded FSA leaders to have some mercy over the displaced who fled the hell of Assad and Isis alike calling them to protect the camp and its population from gangs under their factions.
The committee called for Arab and International organization to dispatch observers and doctors to visit the camp and see the needs of the displaced as soon as possible.
Member of the committee activist Naser al-Thaner revealed that attackers number were around 3000 persons. 100 out of them are from al-Amoor tribe led by Majed al-Azab. Al-Thaner confirmed that the camp population fled the Assad and Isis together and sought protection from FSA in the area and the Jordanian borders guards, but they were gravely disappointed.
The activist added the bandits gang is under protection of a faction in FSA did not care about the suffering of the displaced. The leader of the thugs had formerly assaulted public and private property in the countryside of Palmyra.
Al-Raqban camp is situated in a neutral area on the Syrian Iraqi Jordanian borders and lies 120 kilometers away from Jordanian city al-Rwayished, the closest city to the camp.
According to official data, the number of displaced in the camp is estimated between 18 and 10thousand until last February.
Translation by Rana Abdul
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