UN Security Council condemns siege of Syrias Yarmouk Camp

April 07, 2015 03:46

The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned the siege of a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital by self-proclaimed Islamic State militants and fighters from the Nusra Front.

In an emergency session Monday, the Council called for the protection and safe evacuation of civilians and access for humanitarian aid workers to the approximately 18,000 people still living in the Yarmouk camp.Reports emerged last week that fighters from the two armed groups had seized large parts of the camp on the outskirts of Damascus.

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