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Residents of Rukban face their “most difficult choice” as caravans depart camp

May 02,2019

Thousands leave Rukban camp in largest convoy to date as Russian, Syrian pressure mounts

In Rukban, rumors of dead, mistreated returnees leave displaced residents mulling an uncertain homecoming

Hundreds of Rukban camp residents leaving US-administered desert zone board Syrian government buses

Desert meeting over fate of Rukban camp points to mounting pressure from Russia, Syria

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SARC personnel near trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Rukban camp. Photo courtesy of SARC. AMMAN: UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid workers began distributing humanitarian ai...

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A sandstorm hits Rukban camp in October. Photo courtesy of Rukban Civil Council. AMMAN: Tens of thousands of civilians stranded in the desolate Rukban camp in the deserts of...

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Displaced Syrians protest conditions in Rukban on October 10. Photo by Omar a-Shawi. AMMAN: A vital smuggling route that once allowed truckloads of food and medical supplies to e...

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A shop in Rukban on Thursday. Photo by Omar a-Shawi for Syria Direct. AMMAN: The rows of canvas-ceilinged mud stalls that make up the Rukban settlement’s central market wer...

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Rukban women enter UN-run clinic in Jordan in March 2017. Photo by Khalil Mazraawi/AFP. AMMAN: Bishayr is terrified of giving birth. Originally from rural Homs, the 19-...

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Rukban teacher Maher gives a math lesson in September. Photo by Omar a-Shawi for Syria Direct. “Six times four equals 24; eight times three equals 24; 24 times one eq...

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Rukban camp in March. Photo courtesy of Rukban Camp Civil Council. AMMAN: A UN-run medical clinic serving tens of thousands of displaced Syrians in a remote camp on the Syrian-Jo...

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