Tag: Syria: Ugly Battle Brewing

NOVANEWS Hundreds of thousands may be displaced. by: Vijay Prashad More than 30,000 people have fled their homes in northwest Syria since the bombardment resumed last week. (Photo: Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP) Already 30,000 people have fled their homes in northwestern Syria in anticipation of battles that are seen as inevitable. These people—according to the United Nations—have moved across the province of Idlib, which borders Turkey, many entering camps set up by humanitarian organizations. The United Nation’s Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs says that as many as 800,000 people might be displaced as the fighting intensifies. Syria’s border with Turkey is largely sealed off, but if the flood of refugees begins, that border will be their first destinatio...