Syria: 13 Palestinians killed in fighting against Islamic State

Ban Ki-moon urges world to not 'stand by and watch a massacre unfold' as IS overruns refugee camp
Thirteen Palestinians lost their lives Saturday in battles against the Islamic State terror group in the refugee camp of Yarmuk near the Syrian capital of Damascus, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency has reported.
According to some reports, the men were killed in southern Syria, while fighting the extremists alongside President Bashar Assad's forces.
About 18,000 people, mostly Palestinians, are trapped in fighting between IS jihadists, government forces and other rebel groups.
The situation has prompted an international outcry, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saying "What is unfolding in Yarmuk is unacceptable. We simply cannot stand by and watch a massacre unfold."
The Palestinian leadership, meanwhile rejected the idea of joining the conflict in the camp, apparently ruling out involvement in a joint military operation to expel the Islamic State group.
The position was made clear in a statement released late Thursday by the Palestine Liberation Organization from its headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
It came just hours after Ahmed Majdalani, a senior PLO official who is currently in Damascus for talks, said 14 Palestinian factions backed the idea of a joint military operation with the Syrian army to expel the IS jihadists from the camp.

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