(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The action group for Palestinians in Syria has said that 73 Palestinian refugees had died of hunger in the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp.The group said in a statement on Monday that the number was registered until Sunday 26/1/2014, adding that 27 of those died over the past 12 days.The group, which monitors and documents the daily field events of Palestinian refugees in Syria, said that the Yarmouk refugee camp has been under siege for 197 days due to the ongoing armed confrontations between Syrian regular army and opposition forces.It said that the siege had caused starvation among the remaining camp inhabitants that mainly affected children and elderly people, noting that the camp had run out of foodstuffs, medicines, and baby milk.The group also pointed out that more than two thousand Palestinian refugee had been killed in that war-torn Arab country since the conflict started three years ago.The group said that seven refugees died on Sunday as a result of the continued siege on Yarmouk camp including a child and five old people while one was killed at the hands of a sniper while looking for something to eat./129
27 January 2014 - 20:30
News ID: 500831
The action group for Palestinians in Syria has said that 73 Palestinian refugees had died of hunger in the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp.
