Rukban

SANA, May 14:   “Through a security operation, that was launched in cooperation with Syrian citizens in al-Badyah (Syrian semi-desert), an ambush has targeted a group from Daesh terrorist organization, including 6 persons.   The security operation ended up with killing three of the groups and arresting the three others.   …The three terrorists, in… Read More Daesh terrorists Confess Terrorism Done In Coordination With US Occupation Forces

Submitted by Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator…

DAMASCUS (Mideast Discourse) — While the COVID-19 pandemic has taken center stage in the media, little attention is being paid to a tragedy playing out in southeastern Syria.

An elderly women evacuated from Rukban complained of hunger due to extremely high food prices. Photo | Eva Bartlett

AD-DUMAYR, SYRIA — A little over a year ago — just after the Syrian army and its allies liberated the towns and villages around eastern Ghouta from the myriad armed jihadist groups that had waged a brutal campaign of torture and executions in the area — I interviewed a number of the civilians that had endured life under jihadist rule in Douma, Kafr Batna and the Horjilleh Center for Displaced People just south of Damascus.

Children trapped inside Rukban camp, under control of US-sponsored armed, extremist groups.  (Photo: UNHCR)
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