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ISIL Seizes Over 90 Percent of Refugee Camp in Syria
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- 04 April, 2015
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Baku. 4 April. REPORT.AZ/ Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group with help of al-Nusra Front rebels seized 90 percent of a Palestinian refugee camp situated in the Syrian capital of Damascus, a watchdog reported Saturday.
Report informs referring the information given by theSputnik News, “Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIL were able to take control on 90% of the Yarmouk camp after violent clashes against Aktaf Bait al-Maqdis and Islamic battalions,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement.
On Wednesday, ISIL entered Yarmouk, one of the biggest refugee camps in Syria, provoking clashes with other radical jihadist groups.
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