[lbo-talk] Two on Syria and Palestine

[Joseph Catron]

>
> During these times of uncertainty, what is certain is that, a year later,
> it is the Syrian people and their demands for a better future that have
> been and continue to be the real losers of the entanglement of their
> aspirations with conflicting regional and international geo-political
> interests.
>
> Against this backdrop, the Palestinians in Syria are in a particularly
> precarious position given their refugee status in the country. If this
> status is threatened within the context of increased instability or the
> descent of Syria into anarchy, which would have far reaching consequences
> for all segments of Syrian society, the fate of the Palestinians could
> potentially, in the worst case scenario, echo some facets of the fate of
> the approximately 30,000 Palestinian refugees from Iraq following the US
> occupation of that country.

https://ojcs.siue.edu/ojs/index.php/ssa/article/view/2720/682; condensed
version:
http://electronicintifada.net/content/uncertain-fate-palestinians-syria/11490

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas issued a strongly worded statement on
> Thursday condemning "the ugly killing of 17 PLA soldiers" by suspected
> rebels in Syria.
> The head of the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) in Syria condemned on
> Thursday the kidnapping and killing of 17 of his troops by "armed terrorist
> groups," state news agency SANA reported.
>
> The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on
> Wednesday that the bodies of 13 PLA soldiers had been found after they were
> kidnapped days earlier while en route to Aleppo in northern Syria.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/hamas-slams-killing-palestinian-troops-syria

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