Published : 07-04-2017
Civilians trapped in Yarmouk Camp, south of Damascus, have sounded distress signals over the crackdowns and violations perpetrated by ISIS on a daily basis.
Yarmouk residents said life in the camp has become unbearable as “ISIS have been reining in personal freedoms, manipulating private life, and humiliating men and women nonstop.”
AGPS reporter said ISIS has closed off the main entry/exit points for the residents of Fatah AlSham-led areas, blocking their access to food and water.
ISIS has also grabbed hold of sports facilities in Yarmouk, namely the Diaspora Stadium and a youth center in the area, turning them into drill camps.
AGPS field reporter added that the camp has been pided into several sectors by the different warring militias, each of which has been sealed off with sand barriers and roadblocks. Two such barriers have been set up by ISIS on Lubiya Road using sand-filled iron tanks; Other checkpoints have been pitched in Abu Hashish Square and Haifa Street, along with the main access road to Uruba Street. A number of sand barriers set up along Street 30 have been lifted by ISIS.
ISIS militias have also burglarized homes in AlJa’ouna neighborhood, which was later declared a closed military zone, and transferred furniture to ISIS strongholds in the camp.
Meanwhile, AlKara’in militia in Yarmouk ordered civilians to evacuate their homes around areas run by the battalion, declaring the targeted zones civilian-free areas.
The notifications were released following the assassination of AlKra’in commander Ahmed Abdul Rahman Karim, nicknamed Abu Rabi’ AlKar’ouna, in a blast rocking a tunnel between Palestine Street and AlTadhamun neighborhood a few days ago.
AlKara’in battalion was formed after the Syrian MiG fighter jets struck Abdul Kadir AlHusseini Mosque and AlFalouja School in Yarmouk on December 16, 2012. 25 to 30 young men affiliated with the Syrian opposition joined the militia.
AGPS reporter said those stranded in areas controlled by Tahrir AlSham commission in Yarmouk have been enduring a two-fold siege imposed by ISIS, on the one hand, and the pro-government squads, on the other.
Civilians in Tahrir AlSham-led zones said their homes get frequently burglarized shortly after they leave the area to fetch food. One such incident occurred moments after a lady left her home in the hunt for foodstuff to feed her starved children. As soon as she came back home, she found out that all of her furniture and belongings were stolen.
The health situation in the camp has also seen a sharp turn for the worse as all hospitals, except for the underequipped Palestine Hospital, have shut their doors.
At the same time, a tough cordon has been imposed by the government forces and their war abettors for 1,384 consecutive days while water and power supplies to the camp have been cut off for 898 days in a row.
AGPS documented the death of 190 Palestinian residents of Yarmouk due to undernourishment and medical neglect.
Civilians trapped in Yarmouk Camp, south of Damascus, have sounded distress signals over the crackdowns and violations perpetrated by ISIS on a daily basis.
Yarmouk residents said life in the camp has become unbearable as “ISIS have been reining in personal freedoms, manipulating private life, and humiliating men and women nonstop.”
AGPS reporter said ISIS has closed off the main entry/exit points for the residents of Fatah AlSham-led areas, blocking their access to food and water.
ISIS has also grabbed hold of sports facilities in Yarmouk, namely the Diaspora Stadium and a youth center in the area, turning them into drill camps.
AGPS field reporter added that the camp has been pided into several sectors by the different warring militias, each of which has been sealed off with sand barriers and roadblocks. Two such barriers have been set up by ISIS on Lubiya Road using sand-filled iron tanks; Other checkpoints have been pitched in Abu Hashish Square and Haifa Street, along with the main access road to Uruba Street. A number of sand barriers set up along Street 30 have been lifted by ISIS.
ISIS militias have also burglarized homes in AlJa’ouna neighborhood, which was later declared a closed military zone, and transferred furniture to ISIS strongholds in the camp.
Meanwhile, AlKara’in militia in Yarmouk ordered civilians to evacuate their homes around areas run by the battalion, declaring the targeted zones civilian-free areas.
The notifications were released following the assassination of AlKra’in commander Ahmed Abdul Rahman Karim, nicknamed Abu Rabi’ AlKar’ouna, in a blast rocking a tunnel between Palestine Street and AlTadhamun neighborhood a few days ago.
AlKara’in battalion was formed after the Syrian MiG fighter jets struck Abdul Kadir AlHusseini Mosque and AlFalouja School in Yarmouk on December 16, 2012. 25 to 30 young men affiliated with the Syrian opposition joined the militia.
AGPS reporter said those stranded in areas controlled by Tahrir AlSham commission in Yarmouk have been enduring a two-fold siege imposed by ISIS, on the one hand, and the pro-government squads, on the other.
Civilians in Tahrir AlSham-led zones said their homes get frequently burglarized shortly after they leave the area to fetch food. One such incident occurred moments after a lady left her home in the hunt for foodstuff to feed her starved children. As soon as she came back home, she found out that all of her furniture and belongings were stolen.
The health situation in the camp has also seen a sharp turn for the worse as all hospitals, except for the underequipped Palestine Hospital, have shut their doors.
At the same time, a tough cordon has been imposed by the government forces and their war abettors for 1,384 consecutive days while water and power supplies to the camp have been cut off for 898 days in a row.
AGPS documented the death of 190 Palestinian residents of Yarmouk due to undernourishment and medical neglect.
