DAMASCUS (PIC)– 150 Palestinian refugees died under torture in Syrian prisons since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution Action Group for Palestinians in Syria revealed.
Action group stated on Sunday that two Palestinians were killed including a child on Saturday in Yarmouk and Aidin refugee camps.
Daraa refugee camp has Saturday witnessed violent shelling and clashes between Syrian regime forces and Free Army Forces.
A state of panic has prevailed among Palestinians in Daraa refugee camp due to the intensive presence of snipers who were shooting at everything moving in the camp.
Meanwhile Yarmouk refugee camp is still subjected to tight siege for 245 days which led to the martyrdom of 131 Palestinians out of starvation.
Meanwhile an official in Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP – GC) – declared that the delegation of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) reached a new agreement with the Syrian regime to resolve Yarmouk crisis starting from Sunday.
The leader in PFLP – GC Hossam Arafat stated in a press statement that the new agreement includes a re-composition of the negotiation delegation dealing with armed groups so that it reflects the Palestinian national consensus and consists of the coalition parties the PLO and Palestinian Embassy.
The new agreement will last for two weeks he continued. Aid supplies will be distributed in Yarmouk refugee camp in concurrence with a campaign to vaccinate Palestinian children in the besieged camp in coordination with the Palestinian Red Crescent and Health Ministry.
The agreement states the implementation of the national initiative starting from the point it had stopped and the re-composition of the negotiation delegation dealing with armed groups so that it reflects the Palestinian national consensus and consists of the coalition parties the PLO and Palestinian Embassy.
It also includes the formation of a follow-up committee to make contact with armed groups to withdraw from Yarmouk refugee camp in addition to the deployment of Palestinian joint military force on the outskirts of the camp and preparing a list of Palestinian armed elements’ names in order to give up their weapons.
The agreement also included the entry of aid supplies the return of deported refugees in addition to preparing a joint committee to follow up the implementation of the agreement.
On the other hand the European Al-Wafa campaign to support the victims of Syria declared its 8th aid convoy to Syria for the relief of Palestinian refugees in Syria and in asylum centers in Lebanon Jordan and Turkey.
Amin Abu Rashid chairman of the campaign revealed that the campaign will reach for the first time new areas outside Damascus including Daraa Aleppo Hama and Latakia.
The European campaign will work on delivering humanitarian aid and medical supplies for about a month he said noting that Palestinian refugees fleeing from Syria suffer very difficult conditions.
Abu Rashid stated that preparations for the second phase of the campaign have been launched nine months ago for the relief of Yarmouk camp where it managed during the first phase to deliver food and medicines in the camp in which 131 Palestinians had starved to death.
We are working to save Palestinians who suffer very difficult humanitarian situation in Yarmouk camp calling for ending their suffering and allowing their return to their houses after being deported due to the armed clashes.
The campaign is to be launched from Beirut accompanied with a European Asian delegation to visit Palestinian refugee camps and shelters starting from 24-03 up to 29-03.
