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Syria fighting displaces 270,000 in winter: UN

More than 270,000 Syrians have fled fighting in Idlib and Hama provinces between regime and opposition forces since mid-December, AFP reported Tuesday (January 30th).

Camps for the displaced are overstretched, forcing many to seek shelter in some 160 makeshift settlements in Idlib, assistant-secretary general for humanitarian affairs Ursula Mueller told the UN Security Council.

"During these cold and wet winter months, many families have nothing else than improvised tents which they share with others," she said.

Mueller said the regime had blocked all aid convoys to besieged areas in January, after allowing only two relief shipments into hard-to-reach areas last month.

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