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A girl holds a snack at a school, during the visit of Pierre Krähenbühl, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), (Background-L), at the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on April 12, 2015. (AP Photo)

Solution to Yarmouk crisis out of Palestinian hands: official

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2015 | Middle East

London and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A solution to the crisis at the Palestinian refugee camp in Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, now lies in the hands of the Syrian regime and not Palestinian groups, the Palestinian envoy to Syria told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday....

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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 1, 2014 shows residents of Syria’s besieged Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp, south of Damascus, receiving food parcels from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). (AFP Photo/HO/SANA)

Opinion: The UN can and must do more

by Bakir Oweida | Feb 13, 2014 | Opinion

The image of the ration card issued by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) remains fresh in my memory. The card was blue in color and its borders were surrounded by puncture marks caused but its being perforated each time rations...