‘Seige and starve’: Syrian refugees trying to survive
The opposition accuses the government of using a tactic employed throughout eight years of war – to siege and starve people into submission.
The opposition in Syria is accusing the government of using “siege and starve” tactics, to force war refugees from a camp in the desert.
Around 14,000 people have left Rukban camp in the past three months.
It’s unclear how many of the remaining 27,000 are ready to return to government-controlled territories.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports.
Published On 21 Jun 2019