At least half the residents of Syria’s largest Palestinian refugee camp have fled their homes following a day of heavy bombardment by government forces, as Palestinian militiamen backed by the Syrian army clashed with opposition forces on Sunday.
Palestinian media reported a death toll of between 20 and 49 residents at Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus, which houses some 150,000 Palestinian refugees. Syria is home to nearly 500,000 registered Palestinian refugees, many of whom have fled to neighboring Jordan and Lebanon since the civil war intensified in late 2011.