Aid organisations call for an immediate ceasefire in northwestern Syria, where hostilities have displaced half a million people in past two months
Syrian civilians, who are being forcibly displaced due to the ongoing attacks carried out by Assad regime, Russia and Iran-backed groups, are on their way to safer zones with their belongings near Turkish border, in Idlib, Syria on February 5, 2020.
They called for "an immediate cessation of hostilities in addition to immediate access to safety for the millions of civilians currently under fire". Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, warned that the newly arrived were running out of options as to where to go. Andrew Morley, the head of World Vision International, said children were sleeping in flooded fields, and some families were even burning their clothes to stay warm.
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