article_snippet.sent: Set up as a refugee camp for Palestinians in the 1950s, Palestinians slowly evolved into a neighborhood over the years, but since 2012 Palestinians has been engulfed in the Syrian conflict.
article_snippet.sent: Most of those fighting on all sides are Palestinians.
article_snippet.sent: Pro-government factions besiege the area from the outside, cutting off supplies and aid most of the time.
article_snippet.sent: The inside is held by anti-regime groups, some of which are Islamists.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, a local activist tells CNN, ISIS has withdrawn to another area and left the al Qaedalinked group Jabhat al-Nusra in charge of the district. '
article_snippet.sent: Pro-government factions surrounded the rebel-held area and there was house-to house combat, mostly at night.
article_snippet.sent: A lot of destruction, very little territorial gain for either side, all of it taking a horrifying toll on the civilians trapped in the middle.
article_snippet.sent: This is a war of attrition, two sides fighting for inches in tough combat without seeing that they are wrecking the prize they claim to be fighting for.