People relocate to camps in northern Aleppo following aftershocks
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – An official in Barkhodan Camp in northern Aleppo countryside said that tens of families have relocated to camps in the area fearing further aftershocks.
Co-chair of Barkhodan Camp, Khalosi Baso said some 2.800 individuals from different areas arrived to the region’s camps.
“Nearly 1.200 people have been displaced to Barkhodan camp, 1.500 to Sardam camp, 50 people arrived at al-Awda camp and 50 others at Shahba camp.”
Baso said that Barkhodan camp received 120 families from Aleppo, and 180 from its northern countryside.
About 250 families from villages in northern Aleppo countryside arrived at Serdam camp and 25 other families went to Shahba and al-Aouda camps, according to Baso.
The northern countryside of Aleppo governorate, also known as Shahba region, houses IDPs of the Kurdish city of Afrin which was occupied in 2018 by Turkey following a military operation called “Olive Branch” to push away the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) under the pretext of protecting Turkey’s “national security”.
The operation caused the displacement of about 300.000 of the original inhabitants of the Kurds of Afrin who have been taking shelter in 40 villages and five camps in Shahba region since then. The camps are Barkhodan, Sardam, Afrin, al-Awda, and Shahba.