DAESH advances through Palestinian suburb of Damascus after heavy fighting with Syrian Rebels
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[quote]The Islamic State of the Iraq and Levant (ISIL) group has seized control over western parts of the Yarmouk district in southern Damascus, inhabited mainly by Palestinian refugees, according to a senior Palestinian official, witnesses and an activist monitoring group.
Anwar Abdel Hadi, director of political affairs for the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Damascus, told the AFP news agency that [B]"fighters from ISIL launched an assault this morning on Yarmouk and they took over the majority of the camp" on Wednesday.[/B]
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said[B] ISIL was in control of a "large part" of the neighbourhood[/B] after fighting with Palestinian groups also opposed to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
An activist in Yarmouk, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Al Jazeera that ISIL fighters - from the neighbouring town of Hajr al-Aswad - stormed the western side of Yarmouk and seized areas from the Palestinian armed group Bait al Maqdis.
He added that fighting has been ongoing and denied reports that most of Yarmouk had been seized by ISIL.
"Parts of Yarmouk are being shelled, but it is unclear whether it is by regime forces or ISIL," he said. Smoke was reportedly seen rising from the area.[/quote]
[url]http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/04/isil-seizes-yarmouk-district-damascus-150401133003826.html[/url]
Retreat in Iraq, advance in Syria
"Palestinian suburb of Damascus"... What?
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;47470820]"Palestinian suburb of Damascus"... What?[/QUOTE]
I [I]think[/I] he meant that it was a suburb in Damascus which is mainly inhabited by Palestinians. Therefore it's the Palestinian (people, not the place) suburb of (the suburb belongs to, not the other way around) Damascus.
He means the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, inhabited primarily by Palestinian refugees.
[URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32198576"]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32198576[/URL]
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;47470820]"Palestinian suburb of Damascus"... What?[/QUOTE]
Its populated by Palestinians.
[QUOTE=Amfleet;47470868]He means the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, inhabited primarily by Palestinian refugees.
[URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32198576"]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32198576[/URL][/QUOTE]
yep, was going to comment that was some very odd wording on OP's part.
It made sense to me at the time.
Hopefully they'll get pushed back out relatively soon
[QUOTE=Native Hunter;47471806]Hopefully they'll get pushed back out relatively soon[/QUOTE]
Currently they got a Hamas Offshoot,Syrian Rebels, and JaN currently trying to kick them out. IIRC they've already killed over 70 of them.
[editline]6th April 2015[/editline]
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