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| Agreement opens door to Syrian army operation in Yarmouk |
| 2015-04-10 |
| [CHRON] Paleostinian groups agreed to join forces with the Syrian government to expel Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... holy warriors from an embattled Paleostinian refugee camp in Damascus, opening the door to a potentially destructive military campaign in a district already devastated by many rounds of fighting. But the head of the U.N. cautioned that a military assault on the Yarmouk camp would be "yet one more outrageous war crime for which those responsible must be held accountable." Islamic State bully boyz overran much of Yarmouk last week, establishing a foothold in the Syrian capital for the first time. The incursion is the latest trial for Yarmouk's estimated 18,000 remaining residents, who have already suffered through a devastating, two-year government siege, starvation and disease. Reporters on a government-escorted visit Thursday to Yarmouk saw blown-out buildings at the camp's northern entrance that were nothing but empty shells. In its dusty and deserted streets, a few sheep foraged in the rubble. Building facades were charred by fire and walls were pockmarked by bullets. "There has been an agreement with the Syrian side to expel IS from Yarmouk as part of a joint Syrian-Paleostinian effort," said Ahmad Majdalani, a Paleostinian Authority envoy who was sent to Damascus this week. "We will establish a joint military operation between the Syrian army and Paleostinian factions, and this (operations) room will lead the military campaign to oust IS. The campaign will start soon." |
| Posted by:Fred |