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December 30, 2019

250,000 People Flee Syrian Government Offensive in Idlib
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In more news from Syria, the United Nations says a quarter of a million
people have fled the Russian-backed Syrian government offensive in the
northwestern province of Idlib. Aid groups are now warning the offensive
in Idlib could become the worst humanitarian crisis in the nine-year war
in Syria. Three million Syrian civilians live in Idlib, which is the
last major Syrian territory controlled by anti-government rebel forces.


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