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More than 30,000 displaced in Syria's Idlib in latest offensive: UN

Published: 10 Sep 2018 - 04:26 pm | Last Updated: 27 Nov 2021 - 09:41 pm
People who fled Syria's Idlib province are pictured at a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in the northern part of the province on September 9, 2018. AFP / Aref Tammawi

People who fled Syria's Idlib province are pictured at a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in the northern part of the province on September 9, 2018. AFP / Aref Tammawi

Reuters

BEIRUT: More than 30,000 people have been displaced within rebel-held northwest Syria by bombardment by the Syrian government and allied forces which began last week, a United Nations official told Reuters on Monday.

"As of 9 Sept. 30,542 people have been displaced from northwest Syria, moving to different areas across Idlib," David Swanson, spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said.

(Writing by Lisa Barrington Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)