JORDAN. Zaatari. Refugee Camp. September 1, 2012. 50-year-old Tabarek Qanbar, a Syrian refugee from Deraa Province, sits in a foam mattress inside a tent where she lives with her extended family in the Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border in Jordan. The camp was first opened in July 2012 to host the Syrians fleeing the violence that erupted in 2011 and 2012. As of late August 2012 the camp houses 15,000 Syrian refugees.