Senior PFLP-GC leader killed in Yarmouk refugee camp

Source :  http://www.maannews.net/eng

DAMASCUS (Ma'an) -- A senior commander of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command was killed in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus on Tuesday, the group said.Major General Nur Addin Ibrahim, nicknamed As-Sabi or 'beast of prey', was killed during a routine tour after a truce had been announced in an attempt to end a months-long crisis in the Palestinian camp.The PFLP-GC said Ibrahim was murdered by a "terrorist group," claiming that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a group fighting the Syrian government, planted an explosive device in Ibrahim's car and detonated it from a distance.On Monday, PLO leader Zakariya al-Agha said that armed men and weapons would leave the Damascus camp and workers would begin to rebuild Yarmouk to allow refugees to return.The Syrian army has imposed a blockade on Yarmouk refugee camp for over 80 days and there has been no electricity or fuel in the camp for months, locals say.The PFLP-GC is aligned with embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad.At least 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing Syria conflict.Some 250,000 Palestinian refugees have been forced to leave their refugee camps in Syria due to violence in the country.