More than 70 families coming from Lebanon arrive in eastern countryside of Daraa

The city of Busra al-Sham and the towns of Ghasm and Ma’araba in the eastern countryside of Daraa received about 72 Syrian families who came from Lebanon due to the ongoing aggression of the Israeli occupation entity, to save their children from its crimes against defenseless civilians.

SANA met with many of these families in the town of Ma’araba, where Walid al-Matar, the head of a family of 8 people, stated that he and his family returned to Dara’a  to escape the crimes of the occupation that do not discriminate against anyone, and that they were able to take nothing with them but their clothes. He noted that through the help of his relatives, some mattresses and blankets were secured, waiting for the local community and the Red Crescent to provide assistance and secure their needs that they are in dire need of, as they left everything behind them in Lebanon.

Mustafa Qassem highlighted the facilities provided by Syria on the border, which greatly helped him and his family reach Damascus and then Daraa, fleeing the brutal bombing to reach without any costs, in addition to securing essential needs well.

Walid Al-Muhammad, the head of a family of 6 people, recalled images of the suffering that befell him and his family since they left their home in Beirut without carrying anything with them, leaving behind everything they had collected over the previous years, due to the intensity of the bombing and terror, as he now has nothing to prove his identity with his family. He pointed out the sympathy of the official authorities with him to obtain new papers and cards, while the town’s schools received his children without any proof.

The head of the Ma’araba Town Council, Khaled Al-Kurdi, stated that since the first day of the returnees’ arrival from Lebanon, their conditions were checked and their needs were identified, and everything possible was provided and lists of names were organized to communicate with the relevant authorities to provide assistance. The local community provided the returnees with residences because many of their homes were damaged in a way that made them uninhabitable at the present time due to the war.

UNICEF representative in Daraa, Walid Al-Rifai, during his visit to the Busra Al-Sham health area, accompanied by a specialized medical team for children, stated that his tour includes securing and studying the vaccination status of returning children from one day old to five years old, to preserve their lives and provide medications that included “fever, inflammation and cough reducers.”

Inas Abdulkareem