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Al-Rukban, a camp of about 10,000 displaced Syrians on the Syrian-Jordanian border, is on the brink of starvation after a month of no food or medicine shipments, residents told The New Arab on Thursday. The camp has been under siege since 2018, as both the Syrian and Jordanian authorities refuse to allow aid to enter the area. Residents of the camp rely on a few smugglers to transport food and other basic goods into the camp, creating a limited and costly supply for the impoverished IDPs. In the last month, however, the Syrian regime has further cracked down on smugglers, completely stopping t…

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