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UN: 45,000 have fled fighting in southwest Syria, figure could double
13:47 June 26, 2018 Reuters
At least 45,000 people have fled fighting in Syria's southwestern Deraa province, heading towards the border with Jordan, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Jens Laerke, the spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that civilians including children had been killed and injured and a hospital had been put out of operation by an air strike.