Today, the Human Rights Organization Afrin-Syria issued a humanitarian appeal, in which it touched on the repercussions of the siege on al-Shahba, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in Aleppo.
The Organization stated:
"The siege of the (Fourth Division) of the Syrian regime increases the difficulty of the living conditions of the people of the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods and the Al-Shahba area in the northern countryside of Aleppo, amid a looming humanitarian catastrophe if it continues.
The fuel crisis continues within the al-Shahba area due to the suffocating siege imposed by the forces of the (Fourth Division) of the Syrian regime, and their prevention of fuel entry.
The people did not receive anything aid, as it reaches about 25 tanks on a weekly basis, but so far the people and residents of the regions have not received a single liter, in addition to the continued power outages and rationing, which reaches only two hours per day instead of four hours previously. And reducing the operating hours of the generators of artesian wells in the Shahba region to 8 hours, as these wells feed more than 55 villages.
Amid information that the two hospitals in Sheikh Maqsoud and Fafin may be out of service in the event of the continuation of the siege imposed on the area.
Al-Shahba, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in Aleppo suffer from difficult living conditions, as a result of the depletion of fuel and the suffocating siege imposed by the Fourth Division on the region.
On January 24, Amnesty International said that the regime forces must lift the brutal siege imposed on civilians in the areas under the control of the Autonomous Administration in the northern Aleppo region, which impedes the residents' access to fuel and other basic supplies.
The affected areas, including Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in the north of the city of Aleppo, and more than 55 villages in the al-Shahba region, are under the control of the Autonomous Administration, and the regime has imposed a siege on them since August 2022.
Regime forces control the entry of basic supplies, such as fuel, flour, and humanitarian aid, into these areas.
“It is appalling to see the Syrian authorities denying tens of thousands of people in Aleppo basic supplies due to political considerations, civilians live in fear, deprivation and constant uncertainty, once again paying the highest price,” said Diana Semaan, Syria researcher at Amnesty International's Beirut regional office. In this seemingly endless conflict.
Note that the neighborhoods of Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo and the Al-Shahba area in the northern countryside of Aleppo were subjected to an earthquake on February 6 and have not yet recovered from the effects of the earthquake.
We appeal to all international human rights and humanitarian organizations to put pressure on the Syrian government to lift its siege on the al-Shahba area and the two Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo, and to allow the entry of fuel, infant formula, medicines, and the necessary living necessities for thousands of displaced people from Afrin and the indigenous people in these areas, as well as We call on the Syrian government to deal with the residents of these areas as Syrian citizens, and to carry out its duties stipulated in the Syrian constitution."
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