Hundreds of civilian lives are at risk in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp as Syrian government forces pummel the neighbourhood – one of the last in the capital controlled by so-called Islamic State – with airstrikes. Thousands of others who have fled the area are in need of humanitarian aid.   With a ground offensive looming, the last remaining Palestinian …

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Air strikes on Syrian targets by the United States and its British and French allies may have set

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The airstrikes conducted by the United States, Britain, and France on Saturday against Syrian mil