"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Yarmouk Refugee Camp Divided Over Syrian Crisis- Al-Akhbar


The situation in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria has deteriorated rapidly amid fears of violence between the camp’s pro and anti-government factions. Some are fighting alongside the Syrian army, while others have enlisted with the Free Syrian Army.
 
Damascus – For the third time in less than four months, the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp located just south of the Syrian capital has become the scene of bloody clashes between fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian army units.
 
The violence has been exacerbated by the shelling of the camp as well as its southern outskirts – an area made up of neighborhoods like al-Hajar al-Aswad and al-Uruba that’s now known as the “line of fire.”
 
These are areas that the state-controlled Syrian media has repeatedly claimed were “cleansed of terrorist gangs and FSA militants,” but the continued fighting indicates the battle is not over...

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/yarmouk-refugee-camp-divided-over-syrian-crisis