Palestinian Ambassador to Damascus Mahmoud Al-Khalidi died due to complications from coronavirus, Palestinian embassy in Damascus, Syria, announced on Saturday.
“Al-Khalidi passed away in Jaffa Hospital in Damascus,”the embassy said. “The burial will take place in the martyrs’ cemetery in the Yarmouk camp.”
On his part, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas mourned Al-Khalidi’s death, declaring a one-day state mourning.
The ambassador was one of the founders of the “Fatah”movement. He began his political career in 1969.
At the same time, Palestinian refugee Mohamed Abu Kharaj, a resident of Yarmouk Camp, succumbed to the deadly virus in Syria.
So far, 21 Palestinian refugees in/from Syria have died of COVID-19.