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Photos: Dire conditions persist in Syria’s Yarmouk refugee camp

March 13, 2015 11:22AM ET

Stateless and caught in a war zone, Palestinian refugees endure starvation and disease

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Yarmouk refugee camp Palestinians Syria
Residents of Syria’s besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp collectin aid, Feb. 13, 2015. Without passports, the refugees have no place to go, though they are caught in a war zone. Rami Al-Sayed / AFP / Getty Images
Yarmouk refugee camp Palestinians Syria
Refugees line up for aid, March 11, 2015. With the camp under a government-imposed blockade, the refugees must endure starvation and disease. Reuters
Yarmouk refugee camp Palestinians Syria
The United Nations has been able to deliver aid intermittently, but for long stretches, nothing can get to the camp’s residents. Reuters
Yarmouk refugee camp Palestinians Syria
The population of the camp is estimated at 18,000 — down from 10 times that before the war. AFP / Getty Images
Yarmouk refugee camp Palestinians Syria
Residents waiting for aid on March 10, 2015. The supplies distributed were part of the first shipment to reach the camp since December 2014. Taghrid Mohammed / UNRWA / Reuters
Yarmouk refugee camp Palestinians Syria
The plight of Yarmouk’s refugees caught the world’s attention when this photograph was published by the U.N. in January 2014. Since then, very little in the camp has improved, and the security situation in Syria has deteriorated. UNRWA / AP

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