Interview with Chris Gunness of UNRWA about Yarmouk refugees

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Fri, 04/17/2015 - 12:00am
Chris Gunness OF UNRWA
The Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, in Syria, remains under the control of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’, known by its Arabic acronym Da’esh for the second straight week.

Aid groups have been unable to gain access to the camp, and are concerned that many of the eighteen thousand residents are without food or potable water.

For more on the situation in the camp, KBOO spoke with the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, Chris Gunness

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