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Temporary accommodation centers for refugees from Rukban camp to open on February 19

According to the Russian Defence Ministry, US-backed militants forcibly prevent refugees from leaving the Rukban camp, where they live in inhuman conditions

MOSCOW, February 15. /TASS/. The Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria and the Syrian government will set up temporary accommodation centers for refugees from the Rukban camp, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Friday.

"In order to save refugees coming from Rukban camp, the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides and the Syrian government will open temporary accommodation centers in the Jleb and Jabal al-Ghurab areas on February 19," he said, adding that warm accommodation, hot meals, basic necessities and medical assistance would be available there.

According to Konashenkov, motor vehicles will be allocated to safely take refugees to the places of their permanent residence in areas controlled by the Syrian government.

The Rukban camp is located in the Al-Tanf security zone, where a US military base is stationed. Opposition militants do not allow the United Nations and the Syrian government to deliver humanitarian aid to the camp. According to the World Health Organization, the camp currently hosts about 40,000 refugees, mostly women and children.

Konashenkov also said that US-backed militants forcibly prevent refugees from leaving the Rukban camp in Syria, where they live in inhuman conditions.

According to him, what members of international humanitarian organizations saw in the Rukban refugee camp "can be described in only one word - horrible." Konashenkov noted that the amount of aid sent to the camp "pales in the shadow of the predicaments tens of thousands of Syrians are facing, as they are forced to live in inhuman conditions."

"A poll conducted by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, showed that most refugees are being forcibly prevented from leaving the Rukban camp by US-backed militants and do not know that they can safely return to where they used to live," Konashenkov pointed out.

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