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Yarmouk

Syria and Palestine: a Palestinian perspective

by Amal Wahdan of Ramallah, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, October 11, 2022 During the last aggression on Gaza, of May 2021 President Bashar Al Assad called the Palestinian factions to a meeting to discuss the “The Jerusalem Sword” military operation, its lessons and ramifications. He praised the role of the …

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A Brief History of the Destruction of Yarmouk

by William Van Wagenen, published on the Libertarian Institute, April 3, 2019 How the CIA helped jihadist rebels invade and occupy the capital of the Palestinian diaspora Introduction The Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria was thrust into international conscientiousness in March 2014 when the United Nations published the now …

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Syria Dispatch: Most Syrians Support Assad, Reject Phony Foreign ‘Revolution’

  © Eva Bartlett A newly opened fruit and vegetable stand in Homs’ Old City. Mon, 07 Mar 2016, SOTT.net -Eva Bartlett In April 2014 I first visited Syria, going to Homs and Latakia, in addition to Damascus. On each of my three subsequent trips to Syria, speaking moderate colloquial …

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Palestinian Militias Force ISIS Out of Yarmouk Camp

Jun 9, 2015, Al Masdar On Monday morning, the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) launched an assault on the defensive positions of Fatah Al-Intifada and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) at the Central Sector of the Yarmouk Camp, where they attempted to infiltrate into this  industrial zone located inside …

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Who Are the Starving and Besieged Residents of Yarmouk and Why Are They There?

Apr 21, 2015, Dissident Voice -Paul Larudee There are many illusions about what is happening to the Yarmouk district of Damascus and its Palestinian refugee population. The district was originally set aside in 1957 for Palestinian refugees already living there, whom Israel had expelled from their homes in 1948, with …

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Yarmouk Coordination Council announcement (Arabic)

PDF version:Yarmouk Coordination Council announcement (Arabic) انقلاب «منظمة التحرير» على اتفاق استعادة اليرموك يتفاعل داخل «فتح»…هدوء حذر يخيم على وسط المخيم ومصادر فلسطينية تجدد التأكيد: لا مفاوضات طلال ناجي يؤكد: سنستعيد المخيم… سنمنع تمددهم وسنحرر مخيمنا ولن يكون مخيمنا ممراً أو مقراً للمسلحين».  عباس زكي: الارتباك في مواجهة العدوان جبن …

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