Media ID: 55342731
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A handout file picture made available by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on April 1, 2015 of Palestinians carrying food supplies in the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp, in Damascus, Syria, on January 30, 2014. (EPA/SANA Handout)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 2, 2015 | Middle East
Beirut, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters seized most of a vast camp for Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of Damascus from other insurgents on Wednesday in a bid to capture a major foothold close to President Bashar Al-Assad’s seat of...
Media ID: 55323204
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Rebel fighters take position on a front line in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus in this September 11, 2013, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/WARD AL-KESWANI)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 22, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian regime forces shelled the Yarmouk camp district in southern Damascus, home to the largest Palestinian community in Syria, on Thursday, four days after an agreement aimed to remove all combatants from the area was reached. Several shells...