article_snippet.sent: Yarmouk  remains under the control of armed groups, and civilian life continues to be threatened by the effects of the conflict.
article_snippet.sent: The Yarmouk refugee camp, which sits just 6 miles from central Damascus, has been engulfed in fighting between the Syrian government and armed groups since December 2012.
article_snippet.sent: The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the militant group ISIS and the al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front control about 90% of the camp.  
article_snippet.sent: The organization also claims that the Syrian government has dropped barrel bombs on the camp as recently as Sunday in an effort to drive out armed groups.
article_snippet.sent: Yarmouk   was formed in 1957 to accommodate people displaced by the conflict and is the camp.
article_snippet.sent: The U.N. relief agency estimates that there were 160,000 people in the camp when the conflict began in 2011 between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and opposition fighters.
article_snippet.sent: Yarmouk   has been largely cut off from aid since November 2013.  
highlights_snippet.sent: Yarmouk has been engulfed in fighting since December 2012 .