The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yarmouk-refugee-camp/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:39:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Yarmouk refugee camp | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yarmouk-refugee-camp/ 32 32 Palestinians in Syria flock to cemetery ravaged and made off-limits under Assad https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-in-syria-flock-to-cemetery-ravaged-and-made-off-limits-under-assad/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:29:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3441344 Relatives strive to locate graves amid piles of rubble and smashed tombstones left in Yarmouk burial ground outside Damascus

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]]> Israel working via Russia to find Eli Cohen’s remains in Syria, Palestinian sources say https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-working-via-russia-to-find-eli-cohens-remains-in-syria-say-palestinian-sources/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:09:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3441168 Following Assad's fall, Palestinian officials tell AFP that mediators also contacted them about locating body of a soldier who has been missing since 1982 battle

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]]> Some Palestinians return to Syria’s war-battered Yarmouk camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-palestinians-return-to-syrias-war-battered-yarmouk-camp/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:09:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2876822 Syrian government opens Damascus-area camp -- where some 1.2 million people lived before the 2011 civil war -- for a rare visit by journalists to highlight its push for returnees

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]]> Inside the 37-year search for IDF soldier Zachary Baumel https://www.timesofisrael.com/inside-the-37-year-search-for-idf-soldier-zachary-baumel/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:59:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2050060 Vast amount of piecemeal data eventually led army's missing persons unit to specific location, where it directed the Russian military; efforts to find 2 more servicemen ongoing

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]]> Terror group said Baumel’s body found in Damascus camp, more remains recovered https://www.timesofisrael.com/group-claims-baumels-body-found-in-damascus-camp-more-remains-said-recovered/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:03:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2050028 Commander of PFLP-GC terror group says Israeli intelligence coordinated operation to repatriate remains of Zachary Baumel, missing since 1982 Lebanon War, via Turkey

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]]> As body of soldier returned, family of missing comrade holds out hope https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-body-of-soldier-returned-family-of-missing-comrade-holds-out-hope/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:01:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2049959 Hours after body of Zachary Baumel repatriated to Israel, sister of Yehuda Katz says they continue to wait for soldier who went missing during same 1982 battle

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]]> Syria says planning for Palestinians to return to Yarmouk after IS ousted https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-says-planning-for-palestinians-to-return-to-yarmouk-after-is-ousted/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 06:02:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1956599 Refugee camp in southern Damascus, once home to 160,000, was largely abandoned after Islamic State captured it in beginning of civil war

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]]> Clearing the rubble in Syria’s Palestinian Yarmouk camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/clearing-the-rubble-in-syrias-palestinian-yarmouk-camp/ Sun, 07 Oct 2018 15:44:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1937414 The built-up residential area was once home to 160,000 residents; today, it is a post-apocalyptic vista of bombed-out buildings

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]]> Islamic State surrendering in Syria’s capital — report https://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-state-surrendering-in-syrias-capital-report/ Sun, 20 May 2018 10:10:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1854392 Capture of Damascus's southern neighborhoods would bring the entire city under government control for first time since 2011

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]]> Syria and IS reach truce after south Damascus battles https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-and-is-reach-truce-after-south-damascus-battles/ Sat, 19 May 2018 22:30:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1854291 Rights group says ceasefire, which may be a prelude to the evacuation of Islamic State fighters from area that includes Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp, still in effect

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]]> Syria regime nears total recapture of Damascus https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-regime-nears-total-recapture-of-damascus/ Mon, 15 May 2017 11:04:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1619326 Rebels evacuate 3 of the last city districts under their control, shattering dreams of seizing capital and toppling Assad regime

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]]> IS said to destroy grave of Fatah terror chief Abu Jihad in Syria https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-said-to-destroy-graves-of-fatah-founders-in-syria/ Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:52:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1481457 Bulldozing of tombs in Yarmouk refugee camp denounced by senior PA officials amid call to bring bodies to burial in West Bank

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]]> UNRWA: One in five Palestinians in Syria have fled country https://www.timesofisrael.com/unrwa-one-in-five-palestinians-in-syria-have-fled-country/ Thu, 12 May 2016 18:36:32 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1391291 UN Palestinian refugee agency says of 560,000 Palestinians in Syria before the war, some 120,000 left the war-torn country

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]]> PLO: IS close to ousting al-Qaeda ally from Palestinian camp in Syria https://www.timesofisrael.com/plo-is-close-to-ousting-al-qaeda-ally-from-palestinian-camp-in-syria/ Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:44:10 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1380519 Official says jihadists take 90% of territory held by al-Nusra Front after weeks of clashes; UNRWA: Conditions in Yarmouk are dire

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]]> Top rebel’s death in Syria reshuffles deck ahead of talks https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-rebels-death-in-syria-reshuffles-deck-ahead-of-talks/ Sat, 26 Dec 2015 22:19:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1309696 Assassination of Army of Islam leader Zahran Allouch may also delay pullout of militants from Damascus neighborhoods

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