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European Knight
04-06-2015, 09:37 AM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/01/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKBN0MS50S20150401

http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/news/palestinians-trapped-as-jihadists-seize-most-of-syria-camp_31165

War in Syria Thousands of Palestinian civilians are trapped in Syria's Yarmuk camp, which is besieged by government forces and has been largely overrun by jihadist fighters, an opposition official said Saturday.

The camp in Damascus is now almost completely under the control of the Islamic State group (IS) and Al-Qaeda's local branch Al-Nusra Front, a monitoring group said.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA issued an urgent plea for humanitarian access to the area, saying the situation in Yarmuk was a "source of universal shame".

Jihadists from IS first attacked the camp, just seven kilometres (four miles) from central Damascus, on Wednesday.

They were initially repelled by Palestinian forces inside Yarmuk, but have since captured 90 percent of the sprawling area.

"The residents of the camp are between the devil and the deep blue sea," said Ayman Abu Hashem, who heads the Syrian opposition interim government's committee on Palestinian refugees.

"The camp is surrounded by the regime, and inside the forces of IS have almost completely taken over."


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