Group: Over 1,000 Palestinians killed in Syria conflict
Published 3 March 2013 15:39
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in Syria's
ongoing internal conflict, a Palestinian group said Sunday.

The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said in a statement that around
1,038 Palestinians have been killed in the 22-month Syrian conflict, which
has claimed the lives of around 70,000 people and created hundreds of
thousands of refugees, including Palestinians.

In January, UN Relief and Works Agency chief Filippo Grandi said conditions
in Lebanese camps for Palestinian refugees were "horrible."

"The main problem they have is accommodation. They rent small, cramped, very
unsanitary premises without running water, without ventilation, without
electricity," he said.

In November, the PLO said that around 600 Palestinians had been killed in
the Syrian conflict.

Syria hosts half a million Palestinian refugees, descendants of those
admitted after the creation of Israel in 1948, and has always cast itself as
a champion of the Palestinian struggle, sponsoring several guerrilla
factions.