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December 24, 2019

Syria: Up to 100,000 Civilians Forced to Flee Intensification of Fighting in Idlib
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In Syria, up to 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in
the northwestern province of Idlib amid an intensification of the
Russian-backed Syrian government offensive there. About 3 million people
currently live in Idlib province, which has been bombarded by Russian
and Syrian airstrikes for months. Increasingly heavy fighting in recent
days has forced tens of thousands of people to flee toward the Turkish
border, as the Syrian government seeks to seize control of one of the
last territories held by anti-government rebels. Humanitarian groups say
dozens of Syrian civilians have been killed in the past week alone.


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