Number of Syrians fleeing Daraa due to ongoing military operations
Over 350,000 people have fled Syria’s southwestern city of Daraa to border areas near Jordan and Israel due to attacks by Syrian regime forces and their allies, according to civil defense sources on Friday.
On June 12, the Syrian regime, supported by Iranian militia groups and Russian air power, launched a major operation aimed at capturing opposition-held parts of southern Syria.
Civil defense sources in Daraa told Anadolu Agency that the number of people fleeing Daraa has surpassed 350,000.
Mostly women and children civilians are looking for shelter near the Jordanian border.
Over 350,000 people have fled Syria's southwestern city of Daraa to border areas near Jordan and Israel due to attacks by Syrian regime forces and their allies, according to civil defense sources on Friday. On June 12, the Syrian regime, supported by Iranian militia groups and Russian air power, launched a major operation aimed at capturing opposition-held parts of southern Syria.
Number of Syrians fleeing Daraa exceeds 350,000
Syrians wait at the border areas near Jordan after they fled from the ongoing military operations by Bashar al-Assad regime and its allies in Syria's Daraa.“Over 150,000 people have fled to the plains near the Jordanian border due to intense strikes by the Syrian regime and its allies on cities and towns in Daraa's countryside.Number of Syrians fleeing Daraa hits 150,000
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An Anadolu Agency drone has captured on film civilians from Daraa trying to live in makeshift tents.
According to the U.K.-based Syrian Network for Human Rights, at least 214 civilians -- including women and children -- were killed in regime attacks in Daraa in the period from June 15 to June 30.
The onslaught has reportedly forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee to areas near Syria’s border with Jordan.
On Thursday, the UN called on Jordan to open its border and provide temporary shelter to tens of thousands of Syrian people fleeing airstrikes in southwestern Syria.