Yarmouk refugee camp; Syria crisis; Syria war; Palestinian refugees; UN RElief and Works Agency; Syrian rebels; food aid; food shortage; UN Security Council; Hunger; Syrian government;

Residents wait to receive food aid distributed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus

Yarmouk is a man-made disaster zone, right inside the Syrian capital of Damascus

February 26, 2014Conflict & Justice

It’s difficult not to be moved by some of the images coming out this week of one particular district in Damascus. In Yarmouk, a sea of grim faces stare out from two rows of bombed out buildings. This section of the Syrian capital, after being under siege for months, has become a man-made disaster zone.