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Outrage after Palestinian camp attacked in Syria

An activist waves a Syrian national flag in front of Beirut’s museum, during a protest in solidarity with Syria’s                          anti-government protesters on Monday (Reuters photo by Sharif Karim)
An activist waves a Syrian national flag in front of Beirut’s museum, during a protest in solidarity with Syria’s anti-government protesters on Monday (Reuters photo by Sharif Karim)

Syrian forces killed three people on Monday a day after gunboats pounded Latakia, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee a refugee camp in the port city, activists and a UN agency said.

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