Rise in Syrian Violence Deepens Humanitarian Crisis, Aid Groups Say

A recent escalation in airstrikes along Syria’s border with Turkey has damaged health care facilities and schools, jeopardized routes vital to delivering food and medical supplies, and heightened an already severe humanitarian crisis, aid groups say. “The number and severity of airstrikes” by the Syrian government and its allies have intensified in northwest Syria since November 24, “causing civilian casualties, major damage to civil infrastructure and triggering new displacements of...

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