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Topic: Yarmouk refugee camp

February 28, 2013
5:41 pm

Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad participates in the unveiling of the first postage stamp bearing the name of the State of Palestine on January 28, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

PA to allocate $1 million a month to refugees in Syria

Symbolic aid follows long years neglect by the PLO of Palestinians in Assad’s camps, expert says

By Elhanan Miller

February 24, 2013
11:41 pm

An illustrative photo of a Syrian villager writing the name of his granddaughter (who was killed by an airstrike by Syrian government forces) on her grave near the village of Sarja, in Idlib, Syria, on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Prominent Syrian comedian killed in Damascus

Yassin Bakoush, who often played likeable but naive and dim-witted characters, hit in rebel-regime crossfire

February 11, 2013
2:22 pm

Palestinian children who fled their houses in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, sit in a children's library, at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, January 15, 2013 (photo credit: Mohammed Zaatari/AP)

PA delegation in Syria in bid to protect refugees

Following break with Hamas, visit may mark a thawing of relations between the Assad regime and Abbas’s government

By Elhanan Miller

February 5, 2013
5:55 pm

A Palestinian woman, who fled her home in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, feeds her baby inside a school, at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on January 15, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

PA officials to try to secure Syria camps

Representitives to urge Palestinian factions to stay out of the ongoing fighting

January 29, 2013
11:47 pm

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the West bank city of Ramallah on February 1, 2012 (photo credit: Fadi Arouri/Flash90)

UN denies Abbas claims on Palestinians fleeing Syria

Ban Ki-moon corroborates Israeli denial of agreement to let 150,000 refugees from civil war enter West Bank

By Elhanan Miller

January 29, 2013
2:42 am

Refugees again, Palestinians escape Syria

As some of their brethren take sides for or against Assad, thousands of Palestinians flee Syria for Lebanon

By Barbara Surk

January 11, 2013
12:44 am

Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, November 28, 2011 (photo credit: AP)

Jordanian PM: If we were to let in Palestinians from Syria, Israel would try to send more of them our way

Hashemite kingdom, which holds general elections in two weeks, has closed its borders to ‘brethren’ fleeing Assad, fearing major influx

By Elhanan Miller

January 10, 2013
3:37 am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a Fatah Central Committee meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah in December (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas rejects Israeli offer to allow refugees from Syria to enter West Bank and Gaza

PA president says Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal has endorsed the two-state solution, agreed to hold elections

By Elhanan Miller

January 9, 2013
10:05 am

A civilian looks at a destroyed home in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Andoni Lubaki)

Jordan turns away Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in Syria

‘Jordan is not obligated to pay a political price for the Syrian crisis,’ government spokesman explains

By Elhanan Miller

January 8, 2013
6:35 pm

Civilians walk past vehicles destroyed by fighting between rebels and Syrian troops in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria, in 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Five killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Syria

14 Damascus-based Palestinian factions call for ceasefire to allow medical supplies, food into camp; Palestinian groups fighting alongside both rebels and Assad

January 3, 2013
3:23 pm

Hamas, PA reportedly refuse to take in Palestinian refugees from Syria

Gaza leader says the precedent might be used by Jerusalem to counter Palestinians’ demand for the ‘right of return’ to land within Israel

By Michal Shmulovich

December 27, 2012
11:03 am

In this image made from video broadcast on Al Arabiya TV late Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Syrian Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Jassem al-Shallal says he is joining 'the people's revolution.'(photo credit: AP/Al Arabiya)

‘The enemy of defectors’ defects

Move shocks Syrian establishment; Israel’s Education Ministry accused of driving wedge between Druze and other Arabs

By Michael Bassin

December 21, 2012
4:45 pm

A Syrian rebel checks an anti-aircraft weapon, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 14 (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

Syrian rebels attack base believed to contain chemical weapons

Activist from nearby town says more than two thirds of residents have fled, fearing government reprisal

December 20, 2012
4:14 pm

Syrians, who fled their homes with their families, gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (Photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

Syria’s Palestinians must be allowed back to ‘Palestine’

Arab world outraged as second ‘Nakba’ hits Damascus refugee camp

By Michael Bassin

December 19, 2012
6:47 pm

Assad offensive targets rebels near Damascus, regime reports killing ‘scores of terrorists’

Fighting in Yarmouk has spurred an exodus of Palestinian refugees seeking to escape violence

By Barbara Surk

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Yarmouk refugee camp

PA to allocate $1 million a month to refugees in Syria

Symbolic aid follows long years neglect by the PLO of Palestinians in Assad’s camps, expert says

Prominent Syrian comedian killed in Damascus

Yassin Bakoush, who often played likeable but naive and dim-witted characters, hit in rebel-regime crossfire

PA delegation in Syria in bid to protect refugees

Following break with Hamas, visit may mark a thawing of relations between the Assad regime and Abbas’s government

PA officials to try to secure Syria camps

Representitives to urge Palestinian factions to stay out of the ongoing fighting

UN denies Abbas claims on Palestinians fleeing Syria

Ban Ki-moon corroborates Israeli denial of agreement to let 150,000 refugees from civil war enter West Bank

Refugees again, Palestinians escape Syria

As some of their brethren take sides for or against Assad, thousands of Palestinians flee Syria for Lebanon

Jordanian PM: If we were to let in Palestinians from Syria, Israel would try to send more of them our way

Hashemite kingdom, which holds general elections in two weeks, has closed its borders to ‘brethren’ fleeing Assad, fearing major influx

Abbas rejects Israeli offer to allow refugees from Syria to enter West Bank and Gaza

PA president says Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal has endorsed the two-state solution, agreed to hold elections

Jordan turns away Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in Syria

‘Jordan is not obligated to pay a political price for the Syrian crisis,’ government spokesman explains

Five killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Syria

14 Damascus-based Palestinian factions call for ceasefire to allow medical supplies, food into camp; Palestinian groups fighting alongside both rebels and Assad

Hamas, PA reportedly refuse to take in Palestinian refugees from Syria

Gaza leader says the precedent might be used by Jerusalem to counter Palestinians’ demand for the ‘right of return’ to land within Israel

‘The enemy of defectors’ defects

Move shocks Syrian establishment; Israel’s Education Ministry accused of driving wedge between Druze and other Arabs

Syrian rebels attack base believed to contain chemical weapons

Activist from nearby town says more than two thirds of residents have fled, fearing government reprisal

Syria’s Palestinians must be allowed back to ‘Palestine’

Arab world outraged as second ‘Nakba’ hits Damascus refugee camp

Assad offensive targets rebels near Damascus, regime reports killing ‘scores of terrorists’

Fighting in Yarmouk has spurred an exodus of Palestinian refugees seeking to escape violence

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