Syrian Refugees Struggle in Jordanian Camps
October 25, 2012
Jordan is bearing a huge burden of refugees as the crisis escalates in neighboring Syria. More than 38,000 Syrian refugees have taken shelter in the United Nations-run Zaatari camp in northern Jordan. Many are suffering from a lack of water and proper sanitary conditions and from frequent desert sand storms.
Up until August of this year, Ahmad was a colonel in the Syrian Army. But when his village in Daraa was attacked by the Syrian air force, he decided to cross the border into Jordan with his wife and five children to the Zaatari Refugee Camp.
He has since joined the Free Syrian Army...Ahmad blames Iran, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Hezbollah for the regime's survival.
"Iran, Iraq and Hezbollah are helping Assad. Most of the weapons that the Syrian army has are Iranian weapons and the trainers are Iranian Republican," Ahmad said.
The Pentagon has raised concerns about the growing presence of Iran in Syria saying it is training a militia to help the regime battle the rebels.
At the camp's French-run medical clinic, one man, who would not give his name, said he was shot by a sniper in Damascus and had his leg amputated. "I saw my cousin die. I saw a lot of people die. It's very bad. I want the President to go," he said.
Other refugees describe scenes of slaughtered civilians and executed rebel fighters.
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