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U.S. envoy: 700,000 displaced in northwest Syria

 Two hundred air strikes by Syrian government and Russian warplanes have hit Syria’s Idlib region in the last three days, the U.S. special envoy for Syria James Jeffrey said on Thursday. Jeffrey told a press briefing that some 700,000 displaced people in northwest Syria were...

UN halts Tripoli refugee centre operations over safety fears

The United Nations said Thursday it was suspending its operations at a refugee reception centre in Tripoli over safety fears as the conflict in the war-ravaged country worsens. The UN refugee agency's chief of mission in Libya, Jean-Paul Cavalieri said the decision had been taken after the...

Russia warplanes strike hospital in Ariha town

Warplanes struck a town in a rebel-held enclave in northwestern Syria, killing at least 10 people, including some who were fleeing the attack, opposition activists and a rescue service said Thursday. The attack, believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes backing the regime...