Under military pretexts, NGOs evade duties toward IDPs in Tal Tamer

With the advent of winter in the northeast Syria regions, the displaced suffering in Tal Tamr and its neighboring villages in schools and camps increased.

More than 1,200 displaced families in Tal Tamer sub-district of Al-Hasakah canton reside in shelters and villages in the district.

Due to the proximity of the area to the front lines, humanitarian organizations consider the area a military zone , which exacerbated the suffering of the displaced due to the lack of the provided aid.

Our agency, ANHA met a number of the displaced to find out their suffering.

Ghazala Ahmed, from the village of Al-Arisha, says, "We left our homes when the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries bombed the city of Serêkaniyê, and our destination was Tal Tamr and lived in its schools."

Ahmed added, "At the beginning, we used to receive aid well, but for nearly 9 months, there was no longer assistance; no organization came to help us."

Ahmed pointed out, "Our village, Arisha is famous for the violations that took place in it, and the mercenaries' theft of all civilian property and homes, so that we can no longer return to it."

Ahmed explained their suffering in light of the winter, saying, "We entered the winter with young children, and we need heaters, diesel and assistance, and we appeal to international organizations and concerned authorities to provide assistance to us and to send doctors to examine the children in the shelters."

The displaced have not received aid since March of this year, and aid was limited to the baskets provided by the Red Cross.

For her part, Zahrat Al-Afdal says, "We need heaters and diesel fuel because we entered the winter and have young children."

Al-Afdal noted that they want to return to their city, saying, "We want to return to our homes and expel the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries."

Concerning lack of NGOs presence in the Tal Tamer sub-district, Khalil Khelo, the administrator in the organizations ’affairs in the sub-district, said that the organizations consider Tal Tamr a military zone.

Khelo indicated that the Tal Tamr area is home to more than 1,200 displaced families, "and when we ask the aid organizations, their response is that the area is a military zone and we cannot enter it."

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