Palestinian refugees in Syria slammed the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas for turning his back on the refugees’ cause during a meeting with the Russian Prime Ministry Dmitry Medvedev who has recently popped in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Residents of Khan al-Sheih Camp voiced their deep disappointment over the apathy maintained by Abbas over the deadly Russian onslaughts on the camp.
Speaking with the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) on conditions of anonymity a local activist said: “Abbas should’ve rather spoken out against the tragic situation in Khan al-Sheih and urged Medvedev to cease deadly offensives on our own and only homes. Abbas would’ve better pushed for lifting the tough blockade slapped on civilians in the camp.”
“We the residents of Khan Al-Sheih strongly condemn Abbas’s apathy vis-à-vis the tragedy we’ve been made to endure and his silence over the attacks launched by the Russian abettors on the camp” added the activist.
Reporting from Damascus Suburbs AGPS correspondent said a Russian fighter aircraft overnight Friday struck Khan Al-Sheih’s eastern ranches and neighborhoods with napalm bombs along their flight path. Civilian homes and structures sustained material damage in four such raids documented by AGPS.
Unbroken strikes rocked Khan al-Sheih’s surrounding farmlands and al-Buwaidhiya area until daybreak.
The Syrian government militias have frequently struck civilian targets in and around Khan al-Sheih Camp with the internationally-banned napalm bombs.
The Syrian regime forces have also kept a tight rein on the camp since early October 2016 blocking the movement of 12000 civilians including 3000 children inside and out.
Russian PM popped in Tel Aviv last week in a visit aimed to boost ties with the Israeli occupation. He met with Abbas in Jericho.
Khan al-Sheih camp for Palestinian refugees was set up in 1950. It is located some 25 kilometers away from Damascus.
In a related development activists quoted an ex-detainee released from Syrian lock-ups as reporting that the Palestinian refugee Fidaa Atiyeh Ajaj and her daughters Aya Mohamed Khalil and Israa Mohamed Khalil were transferred from al-Jawiya penal complex to an unknown destination. They were last seen in 2013 when they were arrested by the Syrian regime troops at a checkpoint pitched in Sahnaya town in Damascus outskirts. Their fate has been shrouded in mystery.
Affidavits released by ex-detainees confirmed the presence of Palestinian refugee toddlers held in their mothers’ arms in Syrian government lock-ups.
AGPS documented the incarceration of 1118 Palestinian refugees in Syrian prisons including 77 female refugees who have had unknown fates.
453 Palestinian refugees were tortured to death behind Syrian prison bars. The government battalions have been withholding their cadavers in unknown locations preventing their families from bidding them last farewell.
