The Syrian civil war, which has lasted for several years, has displaced a large number of Syrians. According to figures released by the Jordanian government, Jordan is currently hosting about 1.3 million Syrian refugees, which has greatly increased the country's economic and social burden. As a result of the recent fierce fighting in southern Syria, the number of displaced Syrian refugees in southern Syria has now reached 320,000, with about 60,000 of them stranded at the border crossings between Syria and Jordan. The Jordanian Prime Minister said at the end of last month that Jordan would no longer accept Syrian refugees due to lack of capacity. Nonetheless, the Jordanian government is cooperating with UN agencies and the Syrian government, among others, to provide assistance to the refugees on the Syrian side, and has launched a nationwide campaign to assist Syrian refugees.
The campaign was launched by Jordanian Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz after a visit to the northern border region last month. Following the resurgence of fighting in southern Syria, Jordan has strengthened its military presence along the Jordan-Syria border, taking into account the security situation in the country. Therefore, any aid has to be dispatched to the Jordan-Syria border through the Jordanian military in a unified manner. All relief supplies collected from across the country are uniformly collected by the Jordanian Hashemite Charity for Relief and Development.
Secretary General of the Jordanian Hashemite Agency for Relief and Development Charities Ayman Mouflah: This is an aid war that has been launched throughout Jordan. Our organization is responsible for arranging the repackaging of the aid, making sure that it is within its expiration date, and then loading it onto trucks together with the Jordanian military, after which the military trucks will transport the aid to the Syrian-Jordanian border, where it will be distributed to Syrians in Syria.
The relief supplies include food and household items such as canned food, mineral water, clothes and blankets, as well as medicines and baby formula. Residents of the northern Jordanian border cities of Ramtha and Mafraq, which border Syria's Daraa province, have been the most enthusiastic in their donations, with some even bringing blankets, pillows and mattresses for their homes. Omar was among them, bringing in his own truck with supplies he had just collected from his home and from relatives and friends, and intending to collect another batch in the next two days.
In addition, the Jordanian military is providing medical assistance to Syrian refugees. At present, the military has set up a 20-bed field hospital on the Jordan-Syria border, equipped with emergency response equipment, and in the future will add six ambulances to the existing five, with all ambulance equipment. Since the resumption of fighting in southern Syria on June 19, the Jordanian military's field medical teams have provided diagnosis and treatment to more than 1,400 Syrian refugees.
Source:CCTV news client