International Rescue Committee: Hundreds of Thousands in Northwest Syria Caught in Humanitarian Catastrophe, Aid Agencies Warn
February 06, 2020
February 06, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release:
As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire as they warn that hundreds of thousands of people - the majority of them women and children - fleeing the unrelenting violence are caught in a humanitarian catastrophe.
At least 150,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the past two weeks, bri . . .
As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire as they warn that hundreds of thousands of people - the majority of them women and children - fleeing the unrelenting violence are caught in a humanitarian catastrophe.
At least 150,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the past two weeks, bri . . .