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Clashes between Syrian troops and Islamic State group fighters in Damascus

(28 Apr 2018) Fighting continued on Saturday between Syrian troops and Islamic State group fighters in southern neighbourhoods of the capital Damascus. On Friday, fighting left dozens of people dead or wounded, according to a war monitor and Syrian state media. Government forces are pressing to capture the last parts of the city. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday that government bombardments killed 17 people, including seven children and two women in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk. The camp is largely controlled by IS. Syrian state media reported that IS shelling of the government-held neighbourhood of Qadam in Damascus killed two children and wounded eight others. State news agency SANA said government forces and their allies pushed deeper into the nearby Hajar al-Aswad neighbourhood that is controlled by IS. SANA added that the army offensive aims to "completely eradicate the terrorists from south Damascus." The week-long fighting in Hajar al-Aswad and the nearby Yarmouk camp has killed dozens of fighters on both sides. State TV reported that Syrian warplanes struck an IS arms depot in the area, setting off explosions. IS claimed in a statement Friday that its fighters killed 20 soldiers in the area. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has warned of "catastrophic consequences of the severe escalation" of fighting affecting the Yarmouk refugee camp and surrounding areas. The current hostilities have caused deaths and injuries and have displaced around 5-thousand civilians from Yarmouk into neighbouring Yalda, of which 3,500 are Palestine refugees, UNRWA said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...