Tens of thousands have fled new regime offensives in Syria, according to the U.N., as the total number of casualties from Russian airstrikes so far was reported to have reached 370, many of them civilians.
With the Russian bombing campaign now in its fourth week, Moscow and Washington announced on Tuesday that they had agreed to measures to ensure air safety over Syria, where a U.S.-led coalition is also carrying out strikes.
The exodus was focused south of second city Aleppo, one of five areas where loyalist forces have launched offensives since Russia began its air war on 30 September.
‘Around 35,000 people are reported to have been displaced from … the south-western outskirts of Aleppo city, following government offensives,’ said Vanessa Huguenin, spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
This post was published at The Guardian
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