25,000 Syrian refugees live in dire conditions

Humanitarian workers are concerned about a camp in southeast Syria where an estimated 25,000 displaced people are living in “dire conditions,” a United Nations (UN) spokesman said on Wednesday.

“Our humanitarian colleagues are concerned about conditions in Rukban in southeastern Syria along the border with Jordan, where an estimated 25,000 displaced people continue to live in dire conditions,” said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.