Published : 05-01-2022
Some eight years ago, over hundreds of Palestinian and Syrian refugees, including women and minors, were killed by pro-regime militias deployed at Ali AlWahsh checkpoint, south of Damascus.
The crime culminated in the murder of 1,200 Palestinians and Syrians, among them hundreds of women and minors trapped in the then-blockaded Yarmouk Camp.
In early January 2014, the Syrian regime claimed that a humanitarian corridor would be opened for those stranded in Yarmouk Camp and others areas south of Damascus. On Sunday, January 5, masses of stranded people from Yarmouk and the nearby towns of Yalda, Beit Saham, AlHajar AlAswad, AlTadhamun, AlBweidha flocked to AliAlWahsh Street, between Yalda and Hjeira towns.
As soon as hundreds of people showed up at Ali AlWahsh checkpoint, run by affiliates of a so-called “Abu Fadhl AlAbbas”, regime forces provided them with food which incited hundreds of others to join up.
At 10:00 young men were separated from women, children, and the elderly, before regime forces struck streets where people were gathering, resulting in deaths and injuries.
Eye-witnesses told AGPS that pro-regime militias forced civilians to throw their personal documents in barrels which were later burned down. Women were forced back to Yalda after heavy beating. Over 1,200 civilians were held captive inside warehouses. Several cases of rape and extra-judicial killing were reported.
The captives were transferred to Mislon and Jajha security branches in Rif Dimashq, where they had been subjected to medical neglect heavy torture, many of them to death.
According to verified testimonies, at least 88 captives were fatally tortured in prison.
The youngest captive documented by AGPS is one-year-old Palestinian girl Maymouna AlSham Jaber. The oldest is Mohamed Koujil, born in 1939.
Some eight years ago, over hundreds of Palestinian and Syrian refugees, including women and minors, were killed by pro-regime militias deployed at Ali AlWahsh checkpoint, south of Damascus.
The crime culminated in the murder of 1,200 Palestinians and Syrians, among them hundreds of women and minors trapped in the then-blockaded Yarmouk Camp.
In early January 2014, the Syrian regime claimed that a humanitarian corridor would be opened for those stranded in Yarmouk Camp and others areas south of Damascus. On Sunday, January 5, masses of stranded people from Yarmouk and the nearby towns of Yalda, Beit Saham, AlHajar AlAswad, AlTadhamun, AlBweidha flocked to AliAlWahsh Street, between Yalda and Hjeira towns.
As soon as hundreds of people showed up at Ali AlWahsh checkpoint, run by affiliates of a so-called “Abu Fadhl AlAbbas”, regime forces provided them with food which incited hundreds of others to join up.
At 10:00 young men were separated from women, children, and the elderly, before regime forces struck streets where people were gathering, resulting in deaths and injuries.
Eye-witnesses told AGPS that pro-regime militias forced civilians to throw their personal documents in barrels which were later burned down. Women were forced back to Yalda after heavy beating. Over 1,200 civilians were held captive inside warehouses. Several cases of rape and extra-judicial killing were reported.
The captives were transferred to Mislon and Jajha security branches in Rif Dimashq, where they had been subjected to medical neglect heavy torture, many of them to death.
According to verified testimonies, at least 88 captives were fatally tortured in prison.
The youngest captive documented by AGPS is one-year-old Palestinian girl Maymouna AlSham Jaber. The oldest is Mohamed Koujil, born in 1939.
