Yarmouk camp fighting (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)	Ba'athist Syria 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

Indecisive

Ba'athist Syria

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.

At the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC) was based in Yarmouk and supported Syria's Ba'ath Party government led by the Al-Assad family. At the beginning of the war, tensions arose in Yarmouk between the PFLP-GC and anti-Assad Palestinian residents. On 5 June 2011, a number of Yarmouk residents were shot dead while protesting at the Israeli border. Allegedly angered by the PFLP-GC's refusal to take part in the protests, thousands of mourners burnt-down its headquarters in Yarmouk. PFLP-GC members opened-fire on the crowd, killing 14 Palestinians and wounding 43.

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