Doctor Fights to Help Suffering Kurdish Refugees in Syria

Описание: THE RUNDOWN | At the mercy of the Kurds and Assad's forces in northern Syria, a group of Kurds are stuck in a humanitarian aid camp fearing for their lives. But this doctor is doing all she can to help them. Our Emily Rose has the story.

Story:

As talks in Syria’s future between Turkey, Iran and Russia wrap up in in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Syria’s Kurdish minority lives in fear.

The northern Kurdish held region lies just over the border with Turkey and Ankara views Kurds as terrorists. 

An onslaught last year in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin left thousands homeless and fleeing for respite. 

Dr. Nemam Ghafouri from the Joint Help for Kurdistan organization spoke to i24NEWS about helping Kurds from Afrin who are now living in internally displaced persons camps just north of Aleppo. She captured her time there on film and shared her footage exclusively with i24NEWS.

‘The people living in this tent are one of the worst affected families. Today, I’m in Serdam camp which is the biggest of the five with more than 800 tents and it’s freezing cold,’ Ghafouri explains.

After her return, Ghafouri told i24NEWS she sees a bleak future for these Kurdish people.

‘People from world organizations have not stepped in for these people the way they have done for other people,’ Ghafouri says. ‘Unfortunately, people from Afrin were left alone and we saw a lot of children that didn’t even have shoes to wear to school — they were going to school with sandals.’ 

She fears the Kurds, already in a difficult situation, may be at the mercy of the Turkish military.

'Having Turkey anywhere means destruction, means genocide, means losing lives and losing a futures for children,’ Ghafouri says.

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