Published : 30-04-2019
On the sixth anniversary of the “chemical massacre”, perpetrated on August 21, 2013 in Rif Dimashq, AGPS warns that the Palestinian refugee community in Syria has been disastrously affected by the onslaughts launched by the Syrian government army using internationally prohibited weapons, namely napalm, cluster grenades, and barrel bombs.
August 21 is a reminder of the offensive rocking Zamalqa and Mu’dhamiyat AlSham towns, in Rif Dimashq, and which took away the lives of hundreds of civilians, among them 34 Palestinians, due to heavy inhalation of toxic gas. Heavy material damage was also inflicted on Palestinian refugee camps and shelters, along with UNRWA facilities.
The list of Palestinian victims includes 18 from the Ghazi family, in Zamalka, and seven other in Mu’dhamiyat AlSham.
AGPS continues to call on all warring actors in Syria to abide by their obligations under international law and protect civilians during armed conflicts.
AGPS urges the international community and UNRWA to live up to their duties as regards the situation in war-ravaged Syria and to work on providing Palestinian refugees with physical and legal protection.
AGPS also calls for serious action to bring war criminals in Syria before international courts.
On the sixth anniversary of the “chemical massacre”, perpetrated on August 21, 2013 in Rif Dimashq, AGPS warns that the Palestinian refugee community in Syria has been disastrously affected by the onslaughts launched by the Syrian government army using internationally prohibited weapons, namely napalm, cluster grenades, and barrel bombs.
August 21 is a reminder of the offensive rocking Zamalqa and Mu’dhamiyat AlSham towns, in Rif Dimashq, and which took away the lives of hundreds of civilians, among them 34 Palestinians, due to heavy inhalation of toxic gas. Heavy material damage was also inflicted on Palestinian refugee camps and shelters, along with UNRWA facilities.
The list of Palestinian victims includes 18 from the Ghazi family, in Zamalka, and seven other in Mu’dhamiyat AlSham.
AGPS continues to call on all warring actors in Syria to abide by their obligations under international law and protect civilians during armed conflicts.
AGPS urges the international community and UNRWA to live up to their duties as regards the situation in war-ravaged Syria and to work on providing Palestinian refugees with physical and legal protection.
AGPS also calls for serious action to bring war criminals in Syria before international courts.
