🚨 Harsh winter deepens humanitarian crisis for families in Deir ez-Zor

By Omar Abdurrahman DEIR EZ-zor, discuss-strengthening-relations-sdf-integration-and-isis-threat/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Syria and Turkey discuss strengthening relations, SDF Integration, and ISIS threat">syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (North Press) – In a modest home in the town of Shuhail in the eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside, eastern Syria, Ali al-Jassim stands watching his seven children and the toll the cold is taking on them. Winter here is unlike any other season; the biting cold comes alongside a shortage of heating supplies and medical necessities, turning the fight against everyday illnesses into a daily struggle. Ali informed North Press, “Winter in Deir ez-Zor is extremely harsh. The cold is severe, and we suffer from a significant lack of heating resources. numerous families cannot afford to buy firewood, gas, or any kind of fuel.

Children catch colds repeatedly during winter, and this causes us great anxiety. We see children crying from the cold and from illness. Furthermore, we try as much as we can to help them, but the conditions are extremely difficult. ” Some organizations provide aid from time to time, but it is not enough, as per Ali, who added, “We need continuous backing, especially in winter. We need medicines, blankets, and warm food. ” Speaking in colloquial language, he added, “Winter exposes the poor because it costs more than summer.

Every winter, my seven children suffer repeated bouts of colds. I treat them two or three times, and even that treatment pushes me into debt. We hope the concerned authorities will backing us with fuel and provide good, free services in hospitals, especially for the poor. ” An administrator in the Fuel Committee of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in the Deir ez-Zor countryside, who preferred not to be named, informed North Press that the available quantities of heating diesel are sufficient, and that the committee is working to complete its distribution to families in eastern Deir ez-Zor in the near future. He explained that around 30 percent of families have not yet received their allocations because their names were not included in the lists issued by the Deir ez-Zor Fuel Administration, stressing that distribution outside these lists is not possible.

He added that families who did not benefit were directed to visit the Fuel Administration offices to register their names, but security conditions and the current circumstances prevent some families from traveling distances exceeding 100 kilometers to reach the administration office. as per activist and health expert Jaber al-Saad, “Frankly, the health circumstances in Deir ez-Zor is extremely concerning. Despite…