Two Palestinian refugees were pronounced dead and another sustained wounds as they took part in bloody hostilities in war-tattered Syria.
AGPS on-the-spot reporter identified the casualties as: Resident of Jaramana Camp Zuheir Ali Shahada, who died as he fought with a pro-government militia in Damascus Suburbs; Member of the pro-Government Liwa Al-Quds Brigade Alaa Assaad was killed in an ISIS attack on Aleppo’s rural area of Khanasser, in northern Syria.
AGPS new correspondent said other unidentified fighters from Liwa al-Quds died in the attack.
Palestinian refugee Shadi Maw’ed, affiliated with the pro-regime Filastin al-Hurra (Free Palestine) Movement died following clashes between government troops and ISIS militias at al-Shuhadaa crossroads in the blockaded Yarmouk Camp.
AGPS documented the death of 3,435 Palestinian refugees due to war-related incidents in Syria.
Local activists spoke out against the forcible recruitment of Palestinian refugees into armed pro-government militias in the embattled Syrian territories, turning the dire living conditions and lack of financial resources in Palestinian refugee camps into bargaining chips to that very end.