Reporting by Mohamed Kassah
(Eqtsad)- The Russian military campaign in the Coastal area of Syria and Latakia countryside has started September 2015, led to displacing dozens of families from their home in Jabal al-Akrad, that still until now.
260 families were forced out of their village of Kansaba after controlling it by the Syrian regime, and stayed till it became empty of its people in February this Year.
A man from the countryside of Latakia reported that the camp of “Shohadaa Syria” in the area of Masamek near Khirbet al-Jooz at boarders with Turkey is one of the places for displaced people from Latakia countryside.
He confirmed that people of the camp rely in aid they receive from the relief organizations as no job opportunity available except joining the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
Russian intervention to support the Syrian regime in the battle of Latakia, helped it in regaining most of the villages, and only few stayed under the FSA’s control.
“The village of Salma and surrounding, besides Kansaba were controlled by regime’s forces, only one or two villages stayed with FSA, but all people left them, added to areas in Jabal al-Turkmen like the area of Limdiya and villages of Sallor and few hills near boarders only”, Journalist Wasim Shamdin told Eqtsad.
He explained that almost all residents of jabal al-Turkmen and Jabal al-Akrad have been displaced of their villages, only fighters stayed.
It estimated that residents of Jabal al-Akrad counted 20,000 people and Jabal al-Turkmen 10,000 people before displacing, and now they live in camps spread over the area next to borders with Turkey.
The countryside of Latakia is agricultural area in first place, however, due to beautiful scenes and nature, tourism flourished in the region. Jabal al-Akrad was known of its fruit trees such apples, peaches and pears, while Jabal al-Turkmen was famous of its thick forests and beautiful scenes which attracted tourists.
However, according to Shamdin, these days unemployment exceeded 70% of people at the beginning of the Russian military campaign in Latakia, but now he expected it to become higher.
In regard to support provided by the relief organisations, Shamdin explained that 5500 tent were distributed over camps at the border between Turkey and Syria in last few months. But due to high number of displaced families, the aid is not enough, and it is difficult for single aid body to cover the need of people.
“Although many relief bodies and organisations try to support, but we need small projects help people to work and find a source of income”, Shamdin advised.
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