UN: SYRIA CRISIS DEVASTATES LIVES THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES

        New York, 12 Dzulhijjah 1434/17 October 2013 (MINA) –The UN Works and Relief Agency deplores the violence in Dera’a refugee camp in southern Syria, and said the Syrian ongoing conflict has devastating impact on the refugees’ lives.

       “Initial reports indicate the Dera’a Palestine refugee camp was directly affected by intensive armed conflict on October 12, 2013, alleging that seven Palestine refugees were killed and 15 others injured,” the agency said in a press report.

       Michael Kingsley-Nyinah, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Syria explained: “UNRWA repeats its calls on all parties to desist from conducting armed conflict in Palestine refugee camps and other civilian areas and to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law”.

       He stressed that the armed conflict in Syria is devastating Palestinian lives and homes, ALQASSAM reported as monitored by (MINA) Mi’raj News Agency, Wednesday (16/10).

      The pursuit of military solutions to the Syria conflict since March 2011 aggravates the already severe human suffering being endured by Palestinians in Refugees camps,

        As the Yarmouk camp south of Damascus, which was inhabited by about 150 thousand people before tens of thousands fled seeking safety outside the camp. (T/P012/E1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)