Syrian Government: Palestinian Refugee Camp

Palestinian refugee camp: About 18,000 refugees in Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus that is occupied by rebel forces and surrounded by government checkpoints, are near starvation since outside aid was cut in September, according to The Star. Its only part of the anguish suffered in Syria as the civil war grinds on mercilessly into its third year. And as the UN, the West, the Syrian government and its foes grappled over the terms of peace talks slated to open Wednesday in Switzerland, its shaky framework already appeared doomed to crumble and They are trapped in a country that is awash in such misery their plight has barely been noticed. More than two dozen children and women may have already died of hunger and others are suffering acute malnutrition. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.