UN says fears 'bloodbath' in Syria, urges halt to fighting
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21 February, 2020, 04:55 pm
Last modified: 21 February, 2020, 05:02 pm
Some 60 percent of the 900,000 people who have fled but are trapped in a shrinking space
Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani sit in front of their tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, October 5, 2014/ Reuters
The United Nations reiterated its appeal on Friday for a halt to hostilities in northwest Syria, saying it feared that the violence "may end in a bloodbath".
Some 60 percent of the 900,000 people who have fled but are trapped in a shrinking space are children, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) spokesman Jens Laerke told a Geneva news briefing. The "relentless violence" must stop before it degenerates into "what we fear may end in a bloodbath", he said.
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