The
U.N. agency responsible for Palestinian refugees said it had provided urgent
supplies on Monday to around 500 civilians who have fled fighting in a
Damascus camp that Islamic State has been battling to seize
from rival insurgents. The mission to help the
evacuees from the Yarmouk
camp "was made possible following facilitation and dialogue with the Syrian government and local authorities", Pierre Kraehenbuehl, the head of the UNRWA agency, said in a statement. "UNRWA has shown that we can work with the parties on the ground and secure access," he said in
Damascus while on a humanitarian mission to address the crisis in Yarmouk, where
U.N. officials have warned of a potential massacre. Islamic State militants launched an attack to seize Yarmouk
camp from rival insurgents earlier this month.
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