IS seizes most of Yarmuk refugee camp in Damascus: PLO

[Bosonic]

Source: AFP

Militants from the Islamic State jihadist group seized control of most of the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in south Damascus on Wednesday, a local Palestinian official told AFP.

"Fighters from IS launched an assault this morning on Yarmuk and they took over the majority of the camp," said Anwar Abdel Hadi, director of political affairs for the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Damascus.

The camp was once a thriving neighbourhood home to 150,000 Palestinian refugees and Syrians but has been caught up in the country's fighting and besieged by regime forces for more than a year.

Only about 18,000 residents are estimated to remain in the camp after many fled the fighting.

Read more: http://www.globalpost.com/article/6504097/2015/04/01/seizes-most-yarmuk-refugee-camp-damascus-plo

[marble falls]

1. Palestinians get the worst from everyone.

[joshcryer]

2. They are disallowed status out of refugee camps.

Literally they have no status due to the "right of return." Even those fleeing the Syria camps will not be recognized by any Arab state because of this. They will be left in the diaspora or put in other refugee camps.

They literally have no rights.

[marble falls]

3. The question isn't why are they so 'radical', the question is: why aren't they even more radical.

[Coventina]

4. What is the strategic benefit of a refugee camp?

We already know IS is made up out of cruel, inhuman monsters.
No need to prove THAT again!
Or is this just to make sure we don't forget?



For the Palestinians....