DAMASCUS, Feb. 18 (MNA) – 1200 food packages were distributed on Wednesday to the locals of Yarmouk Camp neighborhood in southern Damascus who were displaced by ISIL terrorists and moved to the nearby towns of Yalda, Babila and Beit Sahm.

Ali Mustafa, the Director General of the General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees (GAPAR) told that the distribution was carried out by the GAPAR and the United Nations Relief and Worker Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) and under the auspices of the Syrian government and the Higher Relief Committee.

Mustafa affirmed that the delivery of food and medical aid to the displaced people of Yarmouk Camp will continue, noting that around 123782 food packages and 23780 health packages have been distributed to beneficiaries so far.

Residents of the terrorist-besieged neighborhood were forced to flee their homes after terrorists from the ISIL entered the area with the help of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in April 2015.

 

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