[1] The camp was established in 1949 following the displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on an area of 150,000 square meters.
It is adjacent to Homs University and most of the refugees are originally from the villages surrounding Haifa and Acre in northern Palestine.
Today, the majority of the refugees are wage laborers, local civil servants or street vendors.
The UNRWA's main priority in the camp is to reconstruct the schools to provide improved educational facilities.
[1] In 1996, the UNRWA constructed a new health center with a contribution from the United States government.