US Forces, Armed Groups Impede Humanitarian Aid Access to Displaced Syrians in al-Rukban Camp – Russian MoD
The Russian Defense Ministry has commented on the humanitarian situation around al-Rukban camp for displaced Syrians near the Syrian-Jordanian borders.
“The American side and the illegal armed groups operating in the same zone are preventing the Syrian government from organizing a safe corridor and delivering humanitarian supplies to people in the camp from the territory of Syria,” the Russian Defense Ministry said, according to Itar Tass.
According to the ministry’s Center for Syrian reconciliation, the humanitarian situation in the al-Rukban refugee camp, located in Homs province (18 kilometers (some 11 miles) south of the al-Tanf settlement and inside the US-controlled zone on the Syria-Jordan border) is deteriorating, as the circulation of drugs, the propaganda and recruitment of people into terrorist organizations continues there.
Earlier this month, the Russian Defense Ministry said that refugees living in the Rukban camp were being used by the United States to shield its military base near the town of al-Tanf.