Up to 2 million refugees could flee to Turkey if fighting intensifies in north-western Syria, UN says
A picture taken from the village of Kfar Hud shows smoke billowing above buildings as pro-regime forces pound the village of Tal Meleh with tank and aerial fire in Syria’s Hama governorate on June 9, 2019.
"Our fear is if this continues, and if the numbers continue soaring, and if the conflict intensifies, that we could see really hundreds of thousands, a million, two, heading towards the borders with Turkey," UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis Panos Moumtzis said. "We see an offensive that is really targeting –– or with an impact on –– hospitals and schools in civilian areas, in areas where there is the population and urban areas - which really should not be happening according to international humanitarian law," Moumtzis said.
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