As Syrian and Russian warplanes intensify their bombings in the country's northwest, civilians head towards the Turkish border, with most areas under regime control
A man takes a picture with a camera while standing atop the roof of a building in a deserted area of the town of Ariha, about 13 kilometres south of Idlib in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province on February 7, 2020, after most residents fled due to bombardment by approaching regime forces.
As Syrian and Russian warplanes indiscriminately pounded hospitals, clinics and schools in the enclave, civilians packed their belongings in cars, taxis and pick-up trucks. They streamed toward the Turkish border with few options left that are outside Syrian regime control. Earlier this week, Syrian regime troops took control of the former rebel town of Saraqeb, which is strategic because it sits on the intersection of two major highways.
Associated Press video showed a long line of armoured vehicles and trucks, some carrying tanks, filing into rebel-controlled rural areas of the province. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war, said the new troops were deployed west of the town of Saraqeb. It was fifth known deployment of new troops into Syria over the last week, according to the observatory and other opposition news outlets.
Of the 580,000 people who have been displaced since December 1, UNICEF estimated that about 300,000 of them are children.
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