Syria: Yarmouk under siege - a horror story of war crimes, starvation and death

Headline Title: Syria: Yarmouk under siege - a horror story of war crimes, starvation and death 10 March 2014 A new report by Amnesty International reveals that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been carried out on Palestinian and Syrian civilians in Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, which is under brutal siege by Syrian government forces. The report, Squeezing the life out of Yarmouk: War crimes against besieged civilians, published ahead of the third anniversary of the crisis in Syria, highlights the deaths of nearly 200 individuals since the siege…

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