The majority of Palestinians in Syria live in
13 refugees camps, besides other clusters outside camps in Damascus like
al-Tadamon, Kaboun, Rokn al-Din, Kafr
Sooseh, al- Hajar al-aswad, Yalda, al-Moadamiyeh, Jdaydet Artooz
Palestinians
who live in gatherings outside camps have become closer to Syrians than
Palestinians in camps because they are surrounded with Syrians, even there is
more frequent mutual marriage between the two communities. That has effect on
the quick involvement of Palestinians in Syrian revolution.
After the
break out of Syrian Revolution in Dara’a and the speed acceleration and
horizontal expansion to other Syrian cities, Palestinian gatherings outside
camps were affected dramatically. They found themselves in the middle of events
and what has been happening.
Palestinians
in Douma were the first to get affected as it was one of the first areas to
join the revolution, besides, Palestinians comprise around a quarter of Douma’s
population.
Around 85
Palestinians were killed in Douma, some of them activists, para-medics, or
members in the Fee Syrian Army. Whole families were killed when the Syrian Army
invaded Douma in June 2012, such “Abo Rabo”, “Abdul wahhab” and “Khalifa
Al-Hajar al-Aswad,
near Yarmouk camp, where the majority of its population either
Palestinian refugees or Syrians displaced from occupied Golan heights, was one
of the first to follow Syrian revolution.
Around 60
Palestinians were killed in al-Hajar al-Aswad, 15 of them were field executed
when regime's forces entered the area in September 2012.
Al-tadamon
has the same fate as others, and Palestinian people suffered the same, where
more than 40 one were killed.
Al-Kaboun
neighborhood, situated to the north of Damascus, which is surrounded with many
security and sensitive bases, was punished violently, where most people either
were arrested or displaced or killed. Around 20 Palestinians were killed in
al-Kaboun.
The same
story is repeated in other cities and areas, where many Palestinians were
killed in Dara’a, Homs, Hama and Aleppo.
In the latest
mass killing by chemical weapon in al-Ghouta, 27 Palestinians were killed, 19 deaths
in Jobar and 8 deaths in al-Moadamiyeh.
Palestinian have
been killed outside Syria as well with related reasons to the Syrian war; the latest
was the decision of Egyptian Authorities to deport Palestinians to Ecuador,
beside arresting groups of many of them including even pregnant women and
children. Omar Dallol was the latest
Palestinian who killed by Egyptian security force.
From these numbers and stories, it is clear the closeness and
solidarity between Palestinians and Syrians, and give a proof that they feel
toward Syria as if it is their home land.
Read the Original Arabic Article; Translation by Yusra Ahmed
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