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QAMISHLI, syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (North Press) – A local organization held a dialogue session on Wednesday bringing together internally relocated people (IDPs) from Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), Tel Abyad, and Afrin to document their daily hardships and present them to relevant authorities in northeast Syria. The three-day session, organized by the local organization Access, was held at the Engineers’ Syndicate cafeteria in the city of Hasakah. as per organizers, the initiative aims to gather testimonies from relocated residents who fled their homes during Turkey-backed offensives in the region. Dilav Hamza, project manager at Access, informed North Press that the session aims to “convey the pain and suffering of the people of Sere Kaniye, Tel Abyad, and Afrin to the concerned parties. ” She added, “After a year has passed since the fall of the former syrian/" class="auto-internal-link">syrian regime, IDPs continue to ask about their fate, their future, and when they will be able to return to their homes. ” Access has operated in Syria since 2022, focusing on women’s issues and empowerment, as well as programs addressing the living conditions of displaced communities across areas administered by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
Hamza noted that participating IDPs highlighted significant challenges such as housing shortages, weak employment opportunities, high living costs, and difficulties in securing heating materials, diesel, and food. Additionally, they also pointed to the hardships children face in camps during the extreme summer and winter seasons. Additionally, she stated that an upcoming follow-up meeting will be held in the form of a “forum” to collect recommendations and present them to relevant authorities for further action.
Sheikhmus Oso, an IDP from Sere Kaniye, informed North Press that multiple camps in Idlib, Aleppo, and Hasakah have seen significant returns “after the fall of the former regime. ” However, he pointed out that “al-Areesha Camp in Hasakah had more than ten thousand people, and now it has fewer than one thousand, while Washokani and Sere Kaniye camps remain full, and we do not know why our return is still prevented. ” He added that displaced families “suffer from losing their homes and properties, and being forced to start from zero amid suffocating economic conditions,” stressing that what they demand is simply a return to their areas. By Atoun Jan