Battle of Yarmouk Camp (December 2012)

Battle of Yarmouk Camp (December 2012)
	Part of the Syrian civil war and the; Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012 – February 2013)
Date	5–17 December 2012; (1 week and 5 days)
Location	Yarmouk Camp, Damascus, Syria
Result	Indecisive FSA and Liwa al-Asifa take control of most of Yarmouk; FSA and Syrian Army agree to leave Yarmouk as a neutral, demilitarized zone, but sporadic clashes continue;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Liwa al-Asifa (Palestinian militia)	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; PFLP-GC
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Ahmed Jibril (PFLP-GC leader)
Units involved
Unknown	53rd Army Regiment (Special Forces); Jihad Jibril Brigade; Popular Committee-Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Casualties and losses
Unknown	4 killed
	23 civilians killed

The Battle of Yarmouk Camp (December 2012) was a period of fierce clashes in Yarmouk Camp during the Syrian civil war. Yarmouk is a district of Damascus that is home to the biggest community of Palestinian refugees in Syria. The fighting was between the Syrian Army and PFLP-GC on one side, and Syrian rebels on the other. The rebels included the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and a group made up of Palestinians, called Liwa al-Asifa or Storm Brigade. On 17 December, it was reported that the FSA and anti-Assad Palestinians had taken control of the camp. The FSA and Syrian Army agreed to leave Yarmouk as a neutral, demilitarized zone, but sporadic clashes continued.

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