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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in Damascus

‘It raised our spirits’: Palestinian refugees in Syria on the ceasefire in Gaza

A crowd in the street with a single Palestinian flag
‘There’s no difference between the suffering in Gaza and the suffering we had here in Syria,’ said one Yarmouk resident. Photograph: Yamam Al Shaar/Reuters

After 15 months of watching their relatives suffering in Gaza, residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus finally breathed a sigh of relief. The war in the besieged Palestinian territory was soon to be over.

“Hearing that the fighting will finally stop, it raised our spirits. We don’t have any work or money, but now we have something at least to make us happy, now you hear people laughing in the streets,” said Rbeia Abu Hmeida, 45, a Palestinian refugee who lives in the Yarmouk camp.

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