More than 800,000 Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled their homes duri...
Internally displaced children stand on snow near tents at a makeshift camp in Azaz, Syria February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
The exodus is expected to continue, with thousands of people on the move as whole towns and communities flee to the safety of areas near the Turkish border, David Swanson told Reuters. Russian jets and Syrian artillery have pounded towns and villages since early December in a renewed assault backed by pro-Iranian militias and aimed at clearing the opposition.
U.N. officials say the region is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. Those on the run in Idlib and adjoining Aleppo province are joining close to 400,000 people who fled earlier bouts of fighting to the safety of camps near the Turkish border.
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