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U.N. sees record displacement in Syria war

The Assad regime's Russia-backed offensive against the last rebel-held area of northwestern Syria caused the biggest single displacement in a nine-year war.

American mechanized infantry troops in eastern Syria in November
American mechanized infantry troops in eastern Syria in November (AN/DeAndre Pierce)

The Assad regime's Russia-backed military offensive against the last rebel-held area of northwestern Syria caused the biggest single displacement of the nine-year conflict, U.N. humanitarian officials said on Thursday.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that at least 800,000 people —including an estimated 480,000 children and 168,000 women — fled the fighting since the start of December.

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