A group of Syrian refugees begged for Washington's intervention in ending the ongoing human crisis in Syria in a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who was in Jordan to hear first-hand accounts from the refugees.
John Kerry, who is on his sixth trip to the Middle East as secretary of State, Thursday flew to a refugee camp north of Amman city, just south of the Syrian border and spent around 40 minutes speaking to the group of refugees, reports the Associated Press.
Citing security reasons, John Kerry met with only six refugees and didn't tour the resident quarters of the camp, according to the Associated Press.
The group of refugees expressed their outrage against Washington's inaction in ending the ongoing tragedy back in their home country.
"Where is the international community? What are you waiting for?" said one of the six refugees.
"I think the U.S. as a superpower can change the situation in 30 minutes after you return to Washington," added the refugee whose name was withheld under rules set by the State Department.
"Mr. Secretary, if the situation remains unchanged until the end of Ramadan this camp will become empty. We will return to Syria and we will fight with knives.
"You as the U.S. government look to Israel with respect. Cannot you do the same with the children of Syria?" said the refugee.
Responding to the refugees, the secretary of state said "A lot of different options are under consideration. I wish it was very simple. As you know, we've been fighting two wars for 12 years. We are trying to help in various ways, including helping Syrian opposition fighters have weapons. We are doing new things. There is consideration of buffer zones and other things but it is not as simple as it sounds."
The Zaatari refugee camps was set up last July and reportedly on an average 1500 refugees arrive there every day. However, in recent days, the number has decreased as a lot of them are going back to join the war against the Syrian government under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad.
The camp has around 60,000 children and there are 10-12 births a day.
Syrian activists say that more than 19,000 people have lost their lives in the country since the Syrian war broke out.
