Escalation in Syria’s Idlib displaces nearly 140,000, says UN
Fighting in northwestern Syria has displaced nearly 140,000 people since February, the UN said on Wednesday, as the regime and its ally Russia have stepped up their bombardment.
A Syrian family, riding in the back of a truck loaded with belongings, flee from reported regime shelling on Hama and Idlib provinces on May 1, 2019. (AFP)
Intense shelling
“The violence must end,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.
Source: Escalation in Syria’s Idlib displaces nearly 140,000, says UN – Al Arabiya English