Thursday, December 20, 2012

Syria: Battle Rages for Control of Damascus Refugee District



Clashes between rebels and armed Palestinians loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have continued in a Damascus neighbourhood inhabited mainly by Palestinian refugees. Residents in Yarmouk camp said several mortar rounds landed in the neighborhood on Tuesday and gunfire echoed around the area. Locals said there were no Syrian government troops in the camp and that most of the fighting was between opposition fighters and gunmen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC). The Palestinian refugee forces have been loyal to the regime until now, but that loyalty is being tested after a government air strike killed some Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports.




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