The harsh winter conditions have made things worse in the Idlib province, where the Assad regime has launched a brutal offensive
The Assad regime’s winter offensive in the Idlib province has forced more than 700,000 people to flee from their homes to northern areas close to the Turkish border since December, affecting children and elderly people, many of whom froze to death.
“The problem is they have left their houses in a freezing winter. They are moving from their houses and they do not know where they should go. You will find many people, sitting in their cars for several days,” Sherif toldA view of the trucks carrying belongings of displaced Syrians, in northern Idlib, Syria January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. Beside the problem of the freezing winter and finding shelters, the internally displaced people also face hunger on the way, Sherif says.
It’s a ruthless political calculation to force civilians to leave their villages, towns and city centres, paving the way for the regime forces to attack opposition groups without any obstacle. That has been a “politically criminal” policy during the civil war for Damascus to reclaim territories from opposition forces across the country.
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