UN Chief: Syria Yarmouk Camp Now 'Deepest Circle of Hell'

The U.N. secretary-general says the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus that has been overrun by Islamic State group fighters is “the deepest circle of hell” in Syria's four-year horror. Ban Ki-moon told reporters Thursday that “a refugee camp is beginning to resemble a death camp” for its estimated 18,000 residents. He warned that the armed fighters inside the camp and Syrian government forces outside it are a double-edged sword for the thousands trapped. “We...

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