Yarmouk Camp - Wikipedia
During the Syrian Civil War, Yarmouk camp became the scene of intense fighting between the Free Syrian Army and its Palestinian ally Liwa al-Asifa on the one hand, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC) supported by Syrian Army government forces on the other. Subsequently, the Syrian Army besieged ...
Yarmouk (unofficial camp*) - UNRWA
Before the eruption of the conflict in 2011, Yarmouk was home to approximately 160,000 Palestine refugees, making it the largest Palestine refugee community in Syria. Located eight kilometres from Damascus, it is one of three unofficial camps in Syria. Unlike other Palestine refugee camps and gatherings in Syria, it resembled an urban quarter.
Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) - Wikipedia
The Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) broke out in April 2015, during the Syrian Civil War, when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stormed the rebel-held Yarmouk Camp. The Yarmouk Camp is a district of Damascus that is home to the largest community of Palestinian refugees in Syria .
‘Afraid of return’: Palestinians fearful of life in Yarmouk camp
2021年3月30日 · Some 160,000 Palestinians were forced to flee the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus throughout the 10-year-long war. Yarmouk was heavily destroyed during the Syrian civil war and is now a...
Profile: Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp - BBC News
2015年4月7日 · But five years of attritional civil war in Syria devastated Yarmouk, taking a heavy toll on its Palestinian inhabitants. Rebel fighters seized parts of the camp and the regime of Bashar...
Yarmouk, the refugee camp that shames the world | UNRWA
2014年2月11日 · Tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees trapped in a Syrian camp by the war are enduring appalling conditions that ought to concern all of us. Christopher Gunness, spokesman for the UN relief effort, says humanitarian aid must be stepped up
Syria's Yarmouk Camp is Still Besieged | Middle East Institute
This past June, the United Nations removed Yarmouk refugee camp from a list of what it terms “besieged areas” in Syria. The reason for this shift, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), is due to the availability of humanitarian aid via drop-offs at government checkpoints in nearby suburbs.
No return to Yarmouk for Syrian-Palestinians fleeing Lebanon
2024年11月25日 · But one place few are returning to is Bahij’s hometown, Syria’s “Little Palestine”: the Yarmouk camp in Damascus—where 80 percent of Syrian-Palestinian refugees in Lebanon originate from, according to Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS). Once considered the capital of the Palestinian diaspora, today Yarmouk is a sparsely ...
Inside Yarmouk: Life under siege - Amnesty
Yarmouk was home to about 180,000 Palestinian refugees and several hundred thousand Syrians. The siege of Yarmouk by government forces began in December 2012 and since July 2013, except for a few occasions, the Syrian army has …
The crisis in Yarmouk camp - UNRWA
2015年3月11日 · In December 2012, fierce clashes erupted in Yarmouk, an area of Damascus home to approximately 160,000 Palestine refugees. The intensity of these clashes and the widespread use of heavy weapons caused numerous civilian casualties, severe damage to property and the displacement of 140,000 Palestine refugees and thousands of Syrians.