In Southern Damascus, either die of poverty, hunger, of join Islamic State
(Eqtsad)- People of capital's southern suburbs have bee endured to severe living condition amid soar of prices and lack of job opportunities.
Residents said most goods and basic staples are available but most people can not afford it.
Abu Abdo, 36-year-old, based in Yalda suburb, said: " everyday I risk my life by taking deadly journey to al-Qadam neighborhood through the ISIS-held Yarmouk camp, to bring few gallons of drinking water to sell them to survive with my 6-memeber family.
Around 120,000 people live in the southern Damascus district, but they are almost forgotten by the humanitarian organizations, and were left to either suffer of poverty and hunger, or joining the Islamic State.
Abu Hamdi, 38-year-old, a teacher and a father of 3 children, lives in Yalda, says selling biscuit afternoon has turned my only way to cover my family need, as I need at least SYP 50,000 to cover the minimum needs, but hardly I can afford SYP 25,000 despite working in two jobs.
Mohamed Abu Kasim, journalist, said people in southern Damascus suffer of very difficult living conditions and they are unable to cover minimum living needs due to high prices and spread of unemployment, and lack of job opportunity, beside low support by aid and relief organizations.
Abu Kasim pointed out that since the beginning of the siege on southern Damascus in 2013, the Syrian regime forces had systematically targeted public services which forced lot of small businesses and factories to close, leaving big number of unemployed people. Moreover, the high prices and lack of job opportunity, led to drop in wages for those who were lucky to find a job. The Islamic State took a chance of those conditions to attract young men in areas under its control, Yarmouk camp, Tadamoun and Hajar Aswad, to provide them monthly salary for joining and fighting by its side.
Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees, has been the largest collection of Palestinians refuges in Syrian. In June 2002, there were 112,550 registered refugees living in Yarmouk camp, but after the Syrian revolution and controlling the camp by the Islamic state in 2014 early 2015, the number of residents dropped to 20,000 people.
(Eqtsad)- People of capital's southern suburbs have bee endured to severe living condition amid soar of prices and lack of job opportunities.
Residents said most goods and basic staples are available but most people can not afford it.
Abu Abdo, 36-year-old, based in Yalda suburb, said: " everyday I risk my life by taking deadly journey to al-Qadam neighborhood through the ISIS-held Yarmouk camp, to bring few gallons of drinking water to sell them to survive with my 6-memeber family.
Around 120,000 people live in the southern Damascus district, but they are almost forgotten by the humanitarian organizations, and were left to either suffer of poverty and hunger, or joining the Islamic State.
Abu Hamdi, 38-year-old, a teacher and a father of 3 children, lives in Yalda, says selling biscuit afternoon has turned my only way to cover my family need, as I need at least SYP 50,000 to cover the minimum needs, but hardly I can afford SYP 25,000 despite working in two jobs.
Mohamed Abu Kasim, journalist, said people in southern Damascus suffer of very difficult living conditions and they are unable to cover minimum living needs due to high prices and spread of unemployment, and lack of job opportunity, beside low support by aid and relief organizations.
Abu Kasim pointed out that since the beginning of the siege on southern Damascus in 2013, the Syrian regime forces had systematically targeted public services which forced lot of small businesses and factories to close, leaving big number of unemployed people. Moreover, the high prices and lack of job opportunity, led to drop in wages for those who were lucky to find a job. The Islamic State took a chance of those conditions to attract young men in areas under its control, Yarmouk camp, Tadamoun and Hajar Aswad, to provide them monthly salary for joining and fighting by its side.
Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees, has been the largest collection of Palestinians refuges in Syrian. In June 2002, there were 112,550 registered refugees living in Yarmouk camp, but after the Syrian revolution and controlling the camp by the Islamic state in 2014 early 2015, the number of residents dropped to 20,000 people.
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