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The Yarmouk camp, or as the Palestinians call it the “Capital of the Palestinian Diaspora,” used to house 36% of all Palestinian refugees in Syria. Palestinians considered it a symbol of their hopes for return and attachment to Palestine. [Thread] 1/ 
It is located seven kilometers south of Damascus, covering an area of about two square kilometres. Formally it comes under the governorate of Damascus, but since the 1960s it had administrative autonomy run by an independent "local committee." 2/
The area was devastated in a brutal siege by the regime forces and incursion by ISIS. And now it is under threat from the regime’s continuing policy of demographic change implemented through laws that strip displaced people of their property. 3/
