Turkey has established a new residential region in Syria’s Idlib to host displaced Syrians in a decade-long war.
The construction of some 30,000 out of the planned 50,000 brick houses in the Meshed Ruhin village, some five kilometers away from the Turkish border, has been finished.
Some 180,000 Syrians are reported to have settled already in Idlib’s new city.
According to the UNHCR, there are 6.2 million people, including 2.5 million children, displaced within Syria, the biggest internally displaced population in the world.
Idlib, with a population of over 3.4 million civilians, became a shelter for those displaced people due to its close location to the border.
Turkey began with the construction of the new residential area last year upon a decision to stop a new influx of Syrians to its soil.
Apart from some 30,000 brick houses, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and the Red Crescent also built a school, a hospital, a small mall, parks for children, and a center for women.
Around 20,000 more briquette houses will be constructed in the near future.
