“Engineer #GhadaAlShaarani stated that with the escalation of #violations, thousands of families were forced to flee from the western and southern countryside villages toward the city of #Suwayda, escaping #shelling, #fires, and #looting. However, this #displacement occurred under catastrophic conditions, as families left without taking any #food supplies or even a single grain of #wheat after #silos and #storage facilities were burned and properties looted.

She explained that this sudden #displacement “worsened the situation inside the city, which has become unable to provide #food or #shelter for the displaced. It is well known that #villagers store enough provisions for an entire year, but these groups burned them, further increasing pressure on the city.”

She also highlighted the direct #violations against the #NationalHospital in #Suwayda, which included “#shelling with #mortars and #heavyweapons, killing several #patients, the injured, and #medicalstaff, and the accumulation of #corpses due to #morgue refrigerators being out of service after the #poweroutage—leading to decomposition and the spread of foul odors, raising fears of #epidemics.”

She confirmed that #hospitals in #Shahba and #Salkhad have also been severely affected amid an acute shortage of #medicine and #medicalsupplies caused by the #blockade on aid from #Damascus, warning of the severe consequences of the #economic blockade.

Additionally, she pointed out that “the #blockade on #fuel and #essentialgoods has paralyzed #waterpumps, caused #waterscarcity in homes and public facilities, crippled #communications to the point that even family members lose contact with each other, disrupted #transportation and #fooddistribution, and collapsed the operational capacity of #hospitals and #bakeries.”