Madrid, Jan 25.(Press Europa) -
The Regional Vice -Coordinator for Syria of the United Nations, Mark Cutts, said Monday that humanitarian workers see "scenes of true terror" in the camps of displaced in the northeastern of Syria after attacks on the prison of the city of Hasaka.
Thus, he has warned that this week's low temperatures have turned the camps for internal displaced people into disaster areas by snow: "Our humanitarian workers have been taking people from under the collapsed tents," he added.
At least 100.000 people have been affected by strong snowfall and about 150.000 have been fighting rain and frost temperatures, a difficult situation for older people and people with disabilities.
"These are people who have gone through a lot in recent years.They have fled from one place to another, the bombs have followed them, and many of the northwest hospitals and schools have been destroyed during the ten years of war, "he said.
In a press conference, Cutts has remarked that "everything possible" is being done to clear the roads, mobile clinics, as well as to repair or replace damaged campaign stores and provide food, blankets and winter clothes.
In this sense, he has called for the international community, asking him to "recognize the magnitude of the crisis and quickly take out those displaced from the tents" and take them to a "safer and more worthy" temporary shelter ".
According to UN data, about 45.000 people have been displaced from their homes after two suicidal attacks on trucks loaded with explosives detonated at the main door and one of the walls of the prison of Al Sina, in the city of Hasaka.
"I think that this particular incident highlights the need to address this urgently, but, address it, it implies that several Member States allow their citizens to return home.This is something that we have been defending for a long time and something we will continue to advocate, "Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, told a press conference.
Dujarric has also stressed that humanitarian conditions, both in prisons and in the camps-at the Hol-are "simply horrible": "You have whole families and young children who remain there.And it is important that Member States do what they can to deal with with those who have the citizens of their country ".
For its part, the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) has encrypted in 10.000 The escape people, while they have urged the parties to facilitate humanitarian access to the conflict zone, while warning that the Syrian red crescent ambulances have collaborated with the evacuation in the area.
"With temperatures below zero we are very concerned about these people who have had to flee from their homes and need shelter, food, water, health care and, above all, a safe environment," said the director of the director of the director of theCICR delegation in Syria, Christophe Martin.
In this context, the non -governmental organization Save the Children has claimed on Monday the "immediate evacuation" of about 700 children in prison, after the Syrian Democratic Forces (FDS) warned that they could not assume responsibility for the situationof the children trapped due to the fighting.
The NGO has indicated that around 700 children are detained in the prison after the FDS took the city of Baghuz, the last Islamic State Bastion, without for now there are information about their situation inside the prison.
In this sense, Save The Children has indicated that the agency and other organizations have received audio recordings that have already been victims among minors, while the FDS have indicated that children were being used as human shields.
"What we hear from Ghueiran's prison is deeply distressing.Information about killed or injured children is tragic and outrageous, "said Sonia Khush, director of Humanitarian Response of Save The Children in Syria.
"All those involved in the fighting in the Ghueiran prison have the responsibility to protect these children from any damage and urge them to take all possible measures to ensure that these children can leave safely," he added.
Some 300 Islamic State members have surrendered after the start of the FDS assault on prison, where the jihadists have entrenched and at least 200 people have died.
"During the night, the FDS gave the Islamic State the opportunity to surrender.At 5.00 hours, after the marked deadline, our forces assaulted a building.300 individuals surrendered, "the FDS reported in a statement.
The Militias of the FDS, whose spine are the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG), have stressed that "the operation was developed as provided" and have reported that they continue with the records in the neighborhood that surrounds the prisonof members of the cells that have supported the mutineers.
Thus, they denounce that jihadists have used human shields in clashes that have resulted in the last hours with eight terrorists and four militiamen of the dead FDS.
Meanwhile, Interior Commission of the North and East Autonomous Administration.The measure does not affect essential services, including bakeries, health centers and public offices.
During the last hours, the International Coalition headed by the United States has carried out bombings against jihadist positions in prison, without information on victims, as reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights for Human Rights.
The agency, based in London and informants in the country, has pointed out that the coalition has restarted its attacks early in the day, before adding that there have been fighting between jihadists and Kurdish security forces.