Outrage after Palestinian camp attacked in Syria

Source: AFP (via Ma'an News)

DAMASCUS (AFP) -- Syrian forces killed three people on Monday a day after gunboats pounded Latakia, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee a refugee camp in the port city, activists and a UN agency said.

The Palestinians condemned Syria over the violence as the UN Relief and Works Agency reported that more than 5,000 refugees had fled Ramel camp in southern Latakia under fire and demanded immediate access to the site.

Palestine Liberation Organization secretary general Yasser Abed Rabbo denounced the attack on the Ramel camp and said such violence was "part of the crimes against humanity" targeting Palestinians and Syrians alike.

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The Syrian government is utterly vile.

In this context, people might want to sign this petition:

http://avaaz.org/en/no_blood_for_oil/?slideshow

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14533967

Thousands of Palestinian refugees are fleeing a camp in Syria's port of Latakia which is being shelled by government troops, a UN agency says.

A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works agency (Unrwa) told the BBC that more than 5,000 of 10,000 refugees were on the move. He said at least four people had died, urging immediate access to the site.

On Monday, Unrwa spokesman Christopher Gunness told the BBC that more than 5,000 Palestinian refugees from the camp in Latakia's al-Ramel district and surrounding areas were on the move.

"We have no idea where these people are now... how many women and children," he said. He added that some refugees had been told by the Syrian government to leave the camp.