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Syria Bombs Refugee Camp

Unknown number dead in Damascus refuge for Palestinians

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 16, 2012 8:42 AM CST

(Newser) – Fighter jets belonging to the regime of Bashar al-Assad have bombed a Damascus refugee camp today amid heavy fighting with rebels. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights tells the BBC that at least eight are dead in the al-Yarmouk refugee camp, which is home to... Read full story »

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Syria Bombs Refugee Camp

Unknown number dead in Damascus refuge for Palestinians

Syria • refugee camp • Damascus • Bashar al-Assad • Arab Spring • Syrian uprising • Syrian civil war • al-Yarmouk refugee camp

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