The UN Security Council says crimes against Palestinian refugees in Syria’s besieged Yarmouk camp must not go unpunished.<br /><br /> The UN is also calling for aid access and the evacuation of civilians from the district.<br /><br /> The self-proclaimed Islamic State has taken most of Yarmouk from rival groups, while the Syrian army surrounds the area, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. <br /><br /> IS rules swathes of Syria and Iraq and is the target of US-led airstrikes.<br /><br /> Yarmouk, home to 18-thousand refugees, sits on the outskirts of Damascus, just a few kilometres from the palace of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. <br /><br /> “The members condemned in the strongest terms the grave crimes committed by Daesh and Jabhat Al-Nusra against 18-thousand civilians in the camp and emphasised the need that such crimes do not go unpunished,” said Dina Kawar, UN Security Council President and Jordanian UN Ambassador. <br /><br /> Yarmouk has long been a battleground, devastated by street fighting, air attacks and shelli
