Stranded in hell: No help for refugees in IS-controlled Yarmouk camp

By Ruth Pollard
Updated August 10 2015 - 5:08pm, first published 4:30pm
Residents of Yarmouk queuing for food in January 2014. Once home to 145,000 Palestinian refugees, the town has been taken over by Islamic State militants, forcing most residents and aid workers to leave and isolating those left behind. Photo: UNRWA
Residents of Yarmouk queuing for food in January 2014. Once home to 145,000 Palestinian refugees, the town has been taken over by Islamic State militants, forcing most residents and aid workers to leave and isolating those left behind. Photo: UNRWA

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