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The United Nations has called for humanitarian to the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp in the of Damascus. The UN is about the 18,000 Palestinian refugees in the . Many of Yarmouk's escaped after the ISIS invaded last Wednesday and overran the camp. Jordan’s Ambassador to the UN called "for the of civilians" and for "life-saving ". Another UN spokesperson described the situation as "". He said: "What civilians in Yarmouk are most concerned about right now is bare ".

Yarmouk was established in 1957 for the influx of Palestinian refugees from Israel. It became the Palestinian refugee in Syria. About 160,000 people lived . Life in the camp had already become for most residents because of 18 months of and a siege during Syria's civil . Many parts of the camp look like a ghost . There are bombed-out buildings everywhere. News agencies report that ISIS now controls about 90 per cent of the camp. Syria is worried that ISIS could use Yarmouk as a to launch attacks on the Damascus.

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