Major Palestinian groups have endorsed Syrian government operation to
clear ISIL terrorists from Yarmuk refugee camp, saying they share a
common objective with Damascus in fighting the Takfiri group.
An official in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said
Thursday that a group of 14 Palestinian factions have backed a joint
military operation to expel ISIL terrorists from Yarmuk.
“We agreed that there would be permanent cooperation with the Syrian
leadership and the formation of a joint operations room with Syrian
government forces and the Palestinian factions that have a significant
presence in the camp or around it,” Ahmed Majdalani said after a meeting
between the factions in the capital Damascus.
A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on
April 7, 2015, shows Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad (C-R)
meeting in the capital Damascus with a delegation from the Palestine
Liberation Organization (PLO) headed by Ahmad Majdalani (C-L). (© AFP)
The PLO official added that the Palestinians support “a security
solution that will be carried out in partnership with the Syrian state
and will have as its priority maintaining the security of citizens.”
Majdalani said the Palestinians would work in an “coordinated and
integrated” manner with the Syrian army to expel the terrorists from the
refugee camp, which is located south of the capital Damascus.
The development comes as a minor group of armed Palestinians
militants, known as Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis, continues fighting ISIL inside
Yarmuk.
Once a very thriving place hosting tens of thousands of Palestinian
refugees as well as Syrians, Yarmouk has turned into a ghost town as a
result of violent attacks by anti-government militants over the past
four years of turmoil in Syria. Around 20,000 people still remain in the
camp, a tiny portion of the initial 160,000 Palestinian refugees
residing in the area.
ISIL was in control of the camp until 2014, when a deal with the
government saw the group withdraw. The Syrian army has since then
besieged the camp as it has turned into a major bastion for spreading
anti-government militancy by al-Qaeda-linked groups.
The violence fueled by Takfiri groups, including ISIL, in Syria has
claimed the lives of over 215,000 people since March 2011, according to
reports. Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the
beginning of the crisis. More than 7.2 million Syrians have also become
internally displaced, according to the United Nations.
source : here
Jumat, 10 April 2015
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