# Neirab camp

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**Neirab camp** or **Al-Nayrab camp** is a [Palestinian refugee camp](/source/Palestinian_refugee_camps) that was set up near the village of [Al-Neirab](/source/Al-Nayrab), 13 km from [Aleppo](/source/Aleppo), Syria. It was created in 1948–1950 following the [Nakba](/source/Nakba).[1]

It is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria,[2] with a reported number of 23,469 people as of 2024.[1] It is also considered one of the poorest.[3]

## History

The camp was created in 1948 to accommodate for Palestinian refugees that fled during the [Nakba](/source/Nakba).[1][4] Originally, the camp consisted of barracks used by allied troops during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), but it quickly grew outside of those, due to the number of refugees.[4]

There were plans by the [UNRWA](/source/UNRWA) to remove the camp in the early 1960s, but those plans didn't come to fruition.[5] In 1988, it was already the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria.[6] In 2010s, the barracks were still seen by some refugees as a symbol of their origins and their struggles, even though most, if not all, of the barracks were destroyed since.[4] The camp was described, around this period, as having "the most abysmal living conditions of all the Palestine refugees camps in Syria", by the [UNRWA](/source/UNRWA).[4] The [Syrian Air Force](/source/Syrian_Air_Force) engaged in raids inside the camp to target militants there in the early 2010s.[7]

A paramilitary group called [Liwa al-Quds](/source/Liwa_al-Quds) was formed with people from the camp during the [Syrian civil war](/source/Syrian_civil_war) and was supportive of [Bashar al-Assad](/source/Bashar_al-Assad).[8] In 2016, the camp was cut from water supply for 80 days.[9] The camp has suffered huge emigration, and most of the Palestinian refugees that manage to cross into [Turkey](/source/Turkey) from Syria come from Neirab and the nearby [Ein Al-Tal](/source/Ein_Al-Tal) camp.[10]

On 28 September 2025, protests took place in the Neirab camp following the shooting of a Palestinian resident of the camp by members of the [General Security Service](/source/General_Security_Service_(Syria)). During these demonstrations, protestors chanted against the [Syrian revolution](/source/Syrian_revolution) and the [Free Syrian Army](/source/Free_Syrian_Army).[11]

## Population

The population inside and on the surroundings of the camp grew quickly, and was at 13,032 people inside and 11,676 outside in 1988.[6] As of 2019, it had a reported population of around 19,000 people,[8] this number grew to a reported number of 23,469 people as of 2024.[1] The population is mostly [Sunni](/source/Sunni_Islam) Palestinian.[12] They hail mostly from the upper Galilee areas of the cities of Safdouka, [Haifa](/source/Haifa) and [Tiberias](/source/Tiberias), and from the villages of [al-Tira](/source/Al-Tira,_Haifa), [Lubya](/source/Lubya), [Tarshiha](/source/Tarshiha), [Hattin](/source/Hittin), [Kweikat](/source/Kweikat), [al-Nahr](/source/Al-Nahr), [Safsaf](/source/Safsaf), al-Tajr, [Jish](/source/Jish), [Ain Ghazal](/source/Ayn_Ghazal_(village)), and others.[citation needed] It is considered to be one of the poorer Palestinian refugee camps in Syria, alongside [Ein Al-Tal](/source/Ein_Al-Tal), which is an offroot of Neirab.[3][13]

## Notable people

Neirab camp is the birthplace of the following people:

- [Rima Hassan](/source/Rima_Hassan) (born 1992), Palestinian–French jurist and member of the European Parliament[14][15][16]

## References

1. Zochrot. ["ذاكرات – مخيم النيرب"](https://www.zochrot.org/camps/camp_details/57/ar). *ذاكرات – مخيم النيرب*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240506104602/https://www.zochrot.org/camps/camp_details/57/ar) 2024-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. ["NEIRAB CAMP"](https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/syria/neirab-camp). *www.unrwa.org*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230926151304/https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/syria/neirab-camp) 26 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

1. Assaly, Tania (7 May 2014). ["Partition: Post-Syrian Society After the Fall of Assad"](http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31052). *Public and International Affairs – Research Papers*. [hdl:10393/31052](https://hdl.handle.net/10393/31052). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240506104559/https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/api/config/properties/google.analytics.key) 2024-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. Gabiam, Nell (2011). ["Spatializing Identity: The Changing Landscape of Palestinian Refugee Camps"](http://www.ssrn.com/abstract=2130401). *SSRN Electronic Journal*. [doi:10.2139/ssrn.2130401](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2130401). [ISSN 1556-5068](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1556-5068). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240506104606/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2130401) 2024-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. ["Mu'askar and Shu'fat: Retracing the Histories of Two Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jerusalem"](https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1652281). *Institute for Palestine Studies*. p. 51. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240129022408/https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1652281) 2024-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. Brand, Laurie (1988). ["Palestinians in Syria: The Politics of Integration"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4327836). *Middle East Journal*. **42** (4): 625. [ISSN 0026-3141](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0026-3141). [JSTOR 4327836](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4327836). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231203143125/https://www.jstor.org/stable/4327836) 2023-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. Karmon, Ely (2013). ["Hamas in Dire Straits"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/26297010). *Perspectives on Terrorism*. **7** (5): 121. [ISSN 2334-3745](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2334-3745). [JSTOR 26297010](https://www.jstor.org/stable/26297010) Hamas is not fighting in Syria and does not have any of its military units present there. The Syrian Air Force conducts raids on camps like al-Husseini, Siniya, Homs, al-Nayrab and Hindarat which house many Palestinian refugees, many of whom support Hamas and other Palestinian organisations.

1. Mousa, Ashraf (2019). ["Palestinians in the Syrian Uprising: the situation on the ground"](https://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/syria/article/view/2014). *Syria Studies*. **11** (2): 44–62. [ISSN 2056-3175](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2056-3175). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220512205729/https://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/syria/article/view/2014) 2022-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. ["After 80 days of cut-out, running water arrives again to Al-Nayrab Camp houses."](https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/2935/after-80-days-of-cut-out-running-water-arrives-again-to-al-nayrab-camp-houses). *actionpal.org.uk*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240506104609/https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/2935/after-80-days-of-cut-out-running-water-arrives-again-to-al-nayrab-camp-houses) 2024-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. ["No way out : the second nakba of Palestinian refugees from Syria escaping to Turkey"](https://search.emarefa.net/en/detail/BIM-616853-no-way-out-the-second-nakba-of-palestinian-refugees-from-syr). *search.emarefa.net*. p. 35. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240506104558/https://search.emarefa.net/en/detail/BIM-616853-no-way-out-the-second-nakba-of-palestinian-refugees-from-syr) 2024-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. ["Controversial chants | Protests erupt in Al-Nairab Camp in Aleppo during funeral of killed young man - The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights"](https://www.syriahr.com/en/370663/). *[SOHR](/source/SOHR)*. 2025-09-28. Retrieved 2025-09-29.

1. Cohen, Sam A. (27 August 2014). [*Future of the Middle East – United Pan-Arab States*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zWNXBQAAQBAJ). Author House. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4969-3493-2. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240506104603/https://books.google.fr/books?id=zWNXBQAAQBAJ) 2024-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. Rempel, T. ["UNRWA and the Palestine refugees: a genealogy of "participatory" development"](https://academic.oup.com/rsq/article-abstract/28/2-3/412/1584633). *academic.oup.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231123102842/https://academic.oup.com/rsq/article-abstract/28/2-3/412/1584633) 2023-11-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

1. Gendron, Guillaume. ["Rima Hassan, la Palestine à cœur et à cris"](https://www.liberation.fr/portraits/rima-hassan-la-palestine-a-coeur-et-a-cris-20231027_JOZACSM5TZEYBGWTIJQYQEL5YQ/) (in French). *Libération*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240502184225/https://www.liberation.fr/portraits/rima-hassan-la-palestine-a-coeur-et-a-cris-20231027_JOZACSM5TZEYBGWTIJQYQEL5YQ/) 2024-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

1. ["" Être réfugiée palestinienne, c'est vivre en quête de son identité ""](https://www.france-palestine.org/Etre-refugiee-palestinienne-c-est-vivre-en-quete-de-son-identite) (in French). *Association France Palestine Solidarité*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240422235118/https://www.france-palestine.org/Etre-refugiee-palestinienne-c-est-vivre-en-quete-de-son-identite) 2024-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

1. ["Rima Hassan, la Palestine chevillée au cœur"](https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2024/01/14/rima-hassan-la-palestine-chevillee-au-c-ur_6210708_4500055.html) (in French). *Le Monde.fr*. 14 January 2024. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240501180644/https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2024/01/14/rima-hassan-la-palestine-chevillee-au-c-ur_6210708_4500055.html) 2024-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

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