Clashes between IS, Jabhat al-Nusra spell despair for Yarmouk residents - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Tom Rollins

Tom Rollins

Apr 19, 2016

An Islamic State flag is seen near a barricade, which serves as protection from snipers of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Yarmouk Street, the main street of Yarmouk camp, April 10, 2015. A bout of fighting between militants over control of the Yarmouk refugee camp on the edge of Damascus has only compounded the misery of residents already suffering from acute shortages of food, clean water and power. Picture taken April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Moayad Zaghmout - RTR4XFKQ — An Islamic State flag is seen near a barricade that serves as protection from snipers from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, on Yarmouk Street, the main street of Yarmouk camp, April 10, 2015. — REUTERS/Moayad Zaghmout

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