The UN calls on all warring parties to de-escalate the situation in the north-west part of Syria
Turning to Syria, over the weekend, hostilities continued to impact civilians in the northwest part of the country, across Idleb, northern Hama and western Aleppo Governorates. Fifteen people, including four children, were reportedly killed, according to our humanitarian colleagues. In Idleb alone, displaced people have sought shelter in more than 100 schools. Camps for the displaced people are already overcrowded, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to stay out in open air, outside camps and reception centres. As a reminder, since the start of the hostilities in that area, nearly four months ago, there have been nearly 575,000 individual displacement movements. Many people have been displaced up to five times, while some have been displaced up to 10 times already. As the new school year is scheduled to begin soon, access to education will be compromised for many children. The UN calls on all parties to the conflict to de-escalate the situation in the north-west part of Syria and to recommit to the ceasefire arrangement memorandum of understanding between Turkey and the Russian Federation that was signed on 17 September 2018.