One Shocking Photo From A Syrian-Palestinian Refugee Camp Shows What Mass Hunger Looks Like

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Photo from UNRWA

This One Photo Will Show You Just How Terrible The Syrian Refugee Crisis Is -- Huffington Post

A sea of hungry, haunted faces looks out from a massive queue that snakes through the bombed out Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Syria. In the photo, taken on Jan. 31 of this year in Damascus' Palestinian refugee camp, men, women, and children are on line for aid that includes desperately needed food and medical supplies. There are more than 18,000 people in the Yarmouk camp, and many are starving to death.

The camp was originally built in 1948 to house Palestinian refugees fleeing the Arab-Israeli war. Since the start of the Syrian conflict the area has become a humanitarian disaster zone as fighting between government and rebel forces hinders attempts to deliver food and medical treatment to those within.

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More News On The Humanitarian Crisis In The Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Scale of suffering at Syrian refugee camp is revealed by photo of huge queue for food -- The Guardian
UNRWA’s Commissioner General firmly reiterates the need for unhindered humanitarian access after visiting Yarmouk Camp -- UNRWA
Syria crisis: The picture that shows the true extent of the humanitarian crisis inside Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk -- Independent
Syria’s starving thousands: Stretching for as far as the eye can see, a huge crowd gathers amid the rubble for UN food hand-outs -- Daily Mail
U.N. renews call for Syria regime, rebels to allow aid into Yarmouk camp for starving refugees -- CBS/AP
U.N. Official Describes 'Shocking' Scene in Syria Refugee Camp -- NBC
This Photo Of Syrians Lining Up To Get Food Aid Is Unbelievable -- Business Insider
UN: Palestinians in Syria camp 'traumatised' -- News24
This photo from Syria is horrifying, but does seeing it change anything? -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post

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