Clashes between rebels and an armed Palestinian group loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have continued in a Damascus neighbourhood mostly inhabited by Palestinian refugees.

Residents in Yarmouk camp said several mortar rounds landed in the neighbourhood on Tuesday and gunfire echoed around the area. Locals said there were no Syrian government troops in the camp and that most of the fighting was between opposition fighters and gunmen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC).