Proper noun
Yarmouk
A river in the Middle East, the largest tributary of the Jordan.
Palestinians living in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria have been massacred both by Bashar al-Assad's troops and throat-cutting mujahideen from ISIS. The massacre of Christians, Yazidis and Druze minorities by Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq contrasts with the safety those groups enjoy in Israel. Amir Taheri
Arab mercenaries and volunteers from Egypt citation and Jordan formed the Yarmouk Brigade citation and participated in the war alongside Iraqis. Source: Internet
A child cleans a hallway at Yarmouk Hospital in Baghdad on April 29. Government health care is free in Iraq but patients who can afford it usually seek private care because public facilities are so ill-equipped. Source: Internet
Kaegi 2003, p. 233. The Battle of Yarmouk in 636 resulted in a crushing defeat for the larger Byzantine army; within three years, the Levant had been lost again. Source: Internet
A man stands inside a demolished building in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus on 6 April 2015. Source: Internet
The Syrian army fully captured the neighborhoods of al-Qadam, Mazaniyeh, Asali, and Jourah, from IS around the Hajar al-Aswad and the Yarmouk Camp areas, as the two areas are the major bastions of IS south of Damascus. Source: Internet