UN says 650,000 have fled Syria, situation worsening
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 23, 2013 20:27More than 650,000 people have fled the conflict in Syria, a top United Nations official said on Wednesday, as Turkey’s foreign minister pledged Ankara would continue to accept refugees.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, UN aid chief Valerie Amos said the humanitarian situation in Syria was “already catastrophic and clearly getting worse”.
“The harsh winter is exacerbating the already appalling conditions. More than 650,000 people have left the country,” she added.
The United Nations says more than 60,000 people have died in the Syria conflict which began 22 months ago with peaceful protests that erupted into deadly violence in the wake of a harsh regime crackdown.
The UN has also predicted that the number of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries will double to 1.1 million by June if the civil war does not end.
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