(ANSA) - ISTANBUL, JAN 23 - At the beginning of November at least 450 thousand civilians have been displaced towards the Turkish border by Idlib following the offensive of the Bashar al Assad and Russia regime on the last rebel stronghold in north-west Syria. Among them there are 36 thousand people who have fled only in the last 48 hours. This was reported by the director of the coordination team for the response to operations in Syria, MuhammadHallaj, quoted by Anadolu.
"In Idlib thousands of people are fleeing to the areas of" Turkish military operations in northern Syria "Euphrates shield and olive branch to escape the intense bombing", the defense minister Hulusi Akar confirmed this morning. Ankara has repeatedly asked in recent days in Moscow for full respect for the new truce agreed by the presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin.
Syria: 450 thousand IDLIB displaced people in 3 months
2020-01-23T16:40:19.839Z
At least 450 thousand civilians have been displaced from Idlib to the Turkish border since the beginning of November following the offensive of Bashar al Assad and Russia's regime on the last rebel stronghold in northwest Syria. (HANDLE)