Syria

Report: Hostilities force Palestinian families out of Yarmouk Basin

Friday-3-March-2017

The action group for Palestinians of Syria revealed that dozens of Palestinian and Syrian families sheltered in Yarmouk Basin in Deraa’s western outskirts fled the area for fear of being killed in the simmering hostilities between ISIS militias and the opposition outfits.

Syria warfare jeopardizes education for Palestinian refugees

Tuesday-28-February-2017

Most of Syria’s schools have been destroyed or put out of operation in the raging warfare imperiling the education of the Palestinians in Syria the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) reported Tuesday.

AGPS: 50 Palestinian refugees drowned onboard “death boats” to Europe

Thursday-23-February-2017

At least 50 Palestinian refugees from Syria drowned at sea as they embarked on a journey fraught with danger to Europe a Thursday report by the Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) found out.

1147 Palestinian refugees in Syria still unaccounted for

Sunday-29-January-2017

Monitoring and documentation team in the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) confirmed the absence of information regarding 1147 Palestinian refugees 82 of them women who were arrested during the last six years by Syrian security apparatuses.

AGPS: 50 Palestinians from war-torn Syria drown on migration road

Thursday-26-January-2017

At least 50 Palestinian refugees from Syria drowned at sea as they embarked on a life-threatening asylum-seeking journey to Europe the Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) reported Thursday.

War in Syria led Palestinians to seek shelter in stockyard

Thursday-12-January-2017

A report on Thursday by the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said that the war in Syria led hundreds of Syrian and Palestinian families in Daraa Governorate to evacuate their houses due to the constant shelling and to take shelter at a stockyard for the Syrian-Libyan Cattle Company.

UNRWA: Over 120000 Palestinian refugees fled Syria

Tuesday-10-January-2017

Over 120000 Palestinian refugees in Syria have fled the country including around 31000 to Lebanon and 16000 to Jordan according to the UNRWA.

Hamas lauds cessation of hostilities in war-torn Syria

Friday-30-December-2016

Hamas on Friday lauded the ceasefire accord struck between the warring parties in embattled Syria calling for boosting political solutions to the conflict.

Group: Organs trafficking incidents reported in Syria

Saturday-24-December-2016

The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said that the Syrian security services are holding the bodies of more than 456 Palestinian refugees who were killed under torture in the Syrian jails and accused them of working for international networks trafficking in human organs.