The United Nations is again warning of devastating consequences for civilians in syrias last rebel held province in you 250000 people have fled the area in the past 2 weeks. Have been under diet the aerial bombardment by russian backed Syrian Government forces fuel shortages of stopping some people from getting away and freezing winter conditions are also putting lives in danger. Many syrians are on the move north towards the Turkish Border but the turkish president has warned his country cope with another influx of refugees from italy a province russian backed Syrian Government forces are now focusing on capturing the rebel held city of hama it sits on an important boat away which links damascus to aleppo once syrias largest city aljazeera again i would use of has more from near barat on about the standard of how to get and you can see civilians fleeing displacement from arthur no man continues same with socket city but are now empty of president s and all the surrounding villages wha
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Powerful rockets. Hello there good to have your company the United Nations says warning of devastating consequences for civilians in it that syrias last rebel controlled province nearly 250000 people mostly women and children have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and Syrian Government forces fuel shortages a stopping families from getting away as syrian troops have been moving towards the city of moderate elmo men president Bashar Al Assad has vowed to recapture rebel held areas and intensified a military offensive despite a cease fire back in august well it is home to 3000000 syrians many of whom are already internally displaced aid agencies have been forced to suspend operations in the area. And there are fears u. N. Funded humanitarian supplies will stop entering the region as soon as next month unless the fighting ends how do you monopoly on today these areas have become disaster areas we declare them disaster areas in the should be dealt with accordingly
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