Aid enters besieged Damascus refugee camp – Palestinian official

By AFP - Jan 18,2014 - Last updated at Jan 18,2014

DAMASCUS – Food aid entered the besieged Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria Saturday for the first time in months, a Palestinian official and Syrian state media said.

The first delivery of food comes after reports that dozens of people in the camp in southern Damascus have died of hunger and lack of medical care.

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