Qatar foreign ministry spokesperson confirms the news on social media

After 15 months of watching their relatives suffering in Gaza, residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus finally breathed a sigh of relief. The war in the besieged Palestinian territory was soon to be over.

“Hearing that the fighting will finally stop, it raised our spirits. We don’t have any work or money, but now we have something at least to make us happy, now you hear people laughing in the streets,” said Rbeia Abu Hmeida, 45, a Palestinian refugee who lives in the Yarmouk camp.

We used not to be able to cross this street; the regime snipers would shoot you. We couldn’t even get to the street to retrieve the bodies, so we would watch the dogs eat them, just like in Gaza.

We advise the inhabitants to take precaution, exercise the utmost caution, and wait for directions from official sources.