The UN is sounding the alarm over the “desperate” plight of civilians trapped amid fierce fighting in the largely Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus.<br /><br /> The camp is now almost entirely in the hands of the self-proclaimed Islamic State after it launched an attack on rival insurgents last the week.<br /><br /> An official from the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), Anouar Abdel Hadi, told the AFP news agency that some 400 families – around 2,000 people – had been evacuated from the camp on Sunday.<br /><br /> The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said that 94 people – 43 women and 20 children – had been moved out to receive humanitarian support , as it issued a forceful appeal to all armed parties to cease hostilities.<br /><br /> Its statement said never had civilian lives been more profoundly threatened: “Men, women and children – Syrians and Palestinians alike – are cowering in their battered homes in profound fear, desperate for security, food and water, deeply concerned by th
