Syrian and Russian forces have launched a large-scale attack on a Palestinian refugee camp under the control of Islamic State, as the regime closed in on the last rebel-held territory in the Syrian capital.
Pro-government troops fired a barrage of air strikes and surface-to-surface missiles into Yarmouk camp in southeast Damascus on Wednesday morning, as they looked to rid the areas of holdout jihadists.
Before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Yarmouk was home to around 160,000 Palestinian refugees - people who had been displaced from their homes in modern-day Israel during the 1948 war, and their descendants.
More.When the Syrian revolution moved to Yarmouk, many Palestinians were forced to take a side.
Dozens of civilians have been killed as well as some 140 fighters from both sides, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Right has reported.
A spokesman for the Liwa al-Quds, which fights under the banner of the Syrian army said pro-government forces are "Narrowing in on Daesh, whose remnants are concentrated in the Palestinian camp. The final battle will be there."
A victory in Yarmouk would clear the whole of the capital of forces opposed to the government and further cement President Bashar al-Assad's dominant position over "Useful", most populated parts of Syria.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/syrian-russian-forces-launch-large-115926853.html
Pro-government troops fired a barrage of air strikes and surface-to-surface missiles into Yarmouk camp in southeast Damascus on Wednesday morning, as they looked to rid the areas of holdout jihadists.
Before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Yarmouk was home to around 160,000 Palestinian refugees - people who had been displaced from their homes in modern-day Israel during the 1948 war, and their descendants.
More.When the Syrian revolution moved to Yarmouk, many Palestinians were forced to take a side.
Dozens of civilians have been killed as well as some 140 fighters from both sides, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Right has reported.
A spokesman for the Liwa al-Quds, which fights under the banner of the Syrian army said pro-government forces are "Narrowing in on Daesh, whose remnants are concentrated in the Palestinian camp. The final battle will be there."
A victory in Yarmouk would clear the whole of the capital of forces opposed to the government and further cement President Bashar al-Assad's dominant position over "Useful", most populated parts of Syria.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/syrian-russian-forces-launch-large-115926853.html
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