Syria unrest: Palestinian refugees flee camp, says UN

Thousands of Palestinian refugees are fleeing a camp in the Syrian port of Latakia which is being shelled by government troops, a UN agency says.

A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works agency (Unrwa) told the BBC that more than 5,000 of the 10,000 refugees were on the move.
He said at least four people had died, urging immediate access to the site.
Some 30 people have reportedly died in Latakia in a three-day military attack. Syria says it is tackling gangs.
On Monday, there were also reports of a clampdown in the capital Damascus, with people being arrested randomly in the Jobar district.

 

Syrian troops have now taken control of Latakia's Ramel district, activists say

Neighbouring Turkey warned Damascus that military operations against protesters must stop "immediately and unconditionally".
"If these operations do not stop there will be nothing left to say about the steps that would be taken," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, without elaborating.
Ankara, a former close ally of Damascus, has been increasingly frustrated with its crackdown of the unrest.
More than 1,700 people have reportedly died and more than 30,000 have been detained in the six-month uprising against the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.