Syria Army Masses at Palestinian Camp as Conflict Flares
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Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are massing near a Palestinian camp a day after air attacks on the site killed eight civilians.
Troops are concentrating in areas close to Yarmouk, according to Al Arabiya television, a camp in the southern part of Damascus. Hamas, a Palestinian movement that runs the Gaza Strip and that’s designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., Israel and the European Union, condemned yesterday’s attacks by Assad’s forces and called those responsible “war criminals,” according to an e-mailed statement earlier today.