Battles Rage In Damascus Refugee Area -- Al Jazeera
Civilians flee Yarmouk camp as rebels and Palestinian fighters backing the Syrian regime continue to clash in capital.
Clashes between rebels and an armed Palestinian group loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have continued in a Damascus neighbourhood mostly inhabited by Palestinian refugees.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said at least half of Yarmouk's population of more than 112,000 had fled the violence rocking the 2.1 square-kilometre camp by Tuesday.
"Our conservative estimate would be that at least 50 per cent of the people living in the Yarmouk suburb have left or are leaving, taking refuge in other parts of Damascus, UNRWA schools and facilities or leaving altogether," spokesman Sami Mshasha said.
Read more ....
More News On Syria's Civil War
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Syria conflict: NBC crew freed after gunfight - Tuesday 18 December 2012 -- The Guardian
Russia 'to evacuate its citizens in Syria' -- Deutsche Welle
Russia eyes Syria evacuation as rebels take Damascus district -- Reuters
Syria rebels claim control of Yarmouk camp -- UPI
Battles rage in Damascus refugee area -- Al Jazeera
Syria: rebels fight Palestinian pro-Assad group -- Christian Science Monitor/AP
Syrian Rebels Fight Pro-Assad Palestinians -- Wall Street Journal
Syrian Rebels Battle Pro-Government Fighters at Palestinian Camp -- Voice of America
Thousand Palestinians enter Lebanon after Damascus fighting -- Reuters
Palestinians Flee Syria for Lebanon -- Wall Street Journal
Thousands flee Palestinian camp near Damascus, fearing attack -- L.A. Times
Palestinians flee as clashes rock Damascus camp -- AFP
From central Damascus, war seems ever closer -- Reuters
Syria PM makes rare visit to Aleppo and promises aid -- Reuters
Harder to provide food aid in Syria -- The Australian
Wounded, starving crowd ill-equipped Damascus hospital -- Reuters
Fuel shortage blocks aid support in Syria, UN warns -- BBC
Iranian minister denies Syria's Assad about to fall -- Reuters
Russia deflects idea of UN peacekeepers for Syria -- AP
Syrian vice president says both sides losing in civil war -- FOX News/AP
Syrian VP says neither side can win war -- Reuters
US plans for possibility that Syria could lose control of chemical arms -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
Syria 'Genuinely Worried' Extremists Could Get Chemical Weapons -- Reuters
In Syrian rebel training, motivation trumps skills -- AP
Lacking money, experience, rebels try to run Syrian town plagued by water, power shortages -- Washington Post/AP
Jihadis bankroll aid efforts in Syria to win followers -- Christian Science Monitor
Syrian Rebels Fight Pro-Assad Palestinians -- Wall Street Journal
Syrian Rebels Battle Pro-Government Fighters at Palestinian Camp -- Voice of America
Thousand Palestinians enter Lebanon after Damascus fighting -- Reuters
Palestinians Flee Syria for Lebanon -- Wall Street Journal
Thousands flee Palestinian camp near Damascus, fearing attack -- L.A. Times
Palestinians flee as clashes rock Damascus camp -- AFP
From central Damascus, war seems ever closer -- Reuters
Syria PM makes rare visit to Aleppo and promises aid -- Reuters
Harder to provide food aid in Syria -- The Australian
Wounded, starving crowd ill-equipped Damascus hospital -- Reuters
Fuel shortage blocks aid support in Syria, UN warns -- BBC
Iranian minister denies Syria's Assad about to fall -- Reuters
Russia deflects idea of UN peacekeepers for Syria -- AP
Syrian vice president says both sides losing in civil war -- FOX News/AP
Syrian VP says neither side can win war -- Reuters
US plans for possibility that Syria could lose control of chemical arms -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
Syria 'Genuinely Worried' Extremists Could Get Chemical Weapons -- Reuters
In Syrian rebel training, motivation trumps skills -- AP
Lacking money, experience, rebels try to run Syrian town plagued by water, power shortages -- Washington Post/AP
Jihadis bankroll aid efforts in Syria to win followers -- Christian Science Monitor
Harder to provide food aid in Syria -- The Australian
Wounded, starving crowd ill-equipped Damascus hospital -- Reuters
Fuel shortage blocks aid support in Syria, UN warns -- BBC
Iranian minister denies Syria's Assad about to fall -- Reuters
Russia deflects idea of UN peacekeepers for Syria -- AP
Syrian vice president says both sides losing in civil war -- FOX News/AP
Syrian VP says neither side can win war -- Reuters
US plans for possibility that Syria could lose control of chemical arms -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
Syria 'Genuinely Worried' Extremists Could Get Chemical Weapons -- Reuters
In Syrian rebel training, motivation trumps skills -- AP
Lacking money, experience, rebels try to run Syrian town plagued by water, power shortages -- Washington Post/AP
Jihadis bankroll aid efforts in Syria to win followers -- Christian Science Monitor
Jabhat al-Nusra: Syria's jihadists -- The Economist
Time to Back the Syrian National Coalition -- Michael Bröning, Council On Foreign Affairs
Syrian Conflict Draws in Palestinians -- Council On Foreign Relations
War is raging in Aleppo but in a classroom 40km away, there are grounds for hope -- Luke Harding, The Guardian
Does the Syrian Opposition Want a Political Solution? -- Mohammad Ballout, Al-Monitor
What Will Post-Assad Syria Look Like? -- Rajan Menon, Huffington Post
Wounded, starving crowd ill-equipped Damascus hospital -- Reuters
Fuel shortage blocks aid support in Syria, UN warns -- BBC
Iranian minister denies Syria's Assad about to fall -- Reuters
Russia deflects idea of UN peacekeepers for Syria -- AP
Syrian vice president says both sides losing in civil war -- FOX News/AP
Syrian VP says neither side can win war -- Reuters
US plans for possibility that Syria could lose control of chemical arms -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
Syria 'Genuinely Worried' Extremists Could Get Chemical Weapons -- Reuters
In Syrian rebel training, motivation trumps skills -- AP
Lacking money, experience, rebels try to run Syrian town plagued by water, power shortages -- Washington Post/AP
Jihadis bankroll aid efforts in Syria to win followers -- Christian Science Monitor
Jabhat al-Nusra: Syria's jihadists -- The Economist
Time to Back the Syrian National Coalition -- Michael Bröning, Council On Foreign Affairs
Syrian Conflict Draws in Palestinians -- Council On Foreign Relations
War is raging in Aleppo but in a classroom 40km away, there are grounds for hope -- Luke Harding, The Guardian
Does the Syrian Opposition Want a Political Solution? -- Mohammad Ballout, Al-Monitor
What Will Post-Assad Syria Look Like? -- Rajan Menon, Huffington Post