(Zaman Al Wasl)- One person died on Thursday in the Yarmouk Refugee Camp south of Damascus as the Syrian regime and the Palestinian militias from one side and by the Islamic State forces keep the camp blockaded.
An informed source said to Zaman al-Wasl that Mohammad Khalid, an elderly man, from the area of al-Rijeh in al-Yarmouk Camp died due to malnutrition and the lack of medical care in the area.
The source from inside al-Rijeh added that the siege is leading to the increased deterioration of the humanitarian conditions of the people besieged in the camp.
The source indicated that there are dozens of difficult medical cases in al-Rijeh which are not being treated due to the lack of medication and necessary medical equipment needed to treat them. The source confirmed that prohibiting medicines and medical accessories from entering the area threatens the lives of hundreds of civilians.
Fateh al-Sham front control the al-Rijeh area in Yarmouk Camp. The area has been besieged by the regime forces and Palestinian militias from one side and the Islamic State forces from another side for almost 7 months.
In a different context, Syrian resistance factions and Islamic State forces clashed on the Beirut street axis in the area separating the town of Yilda from Yarmouk camp. The clashes came after Islamic State fighters targeting the area with mortar rockets.
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