DAMASCUS, Dec 2 (NNN-SANA) – Military escalation in northern Syria will be “the last straw for millions of people, grappling with dire humanitarian conditions” in the war-torn country, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), warned yesterday.
OCHA issued the warning by reposting a report by the Syria International NGO Regional Forum (SIRF), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the Syria crisis, on its reliefweb website, amid Turkish threats of a broad military action against Kurdish fighters in northern and north-eastern Syria.
“Across northern Syria, civilians have been reportedly injured, and key civilian infrastructure has been impacted, threatening people’s access to vital supplies, such as power and water,” the report said, hinting at the Turkish targeting of grain silos, power stations, oil and gas facilities, and infrastructure.
With more than four million displaced people in northern Syria, “any further surge in hostilities” might lead to “a new wave of displacement,” it added.
The report also warned that, the cholera spread in northern Syria, along with “acute funding and supply shortages,” will “contribute to one of the harshest winters since the beginning of the crisis … over a decade ago.”
Earlier in the day, Turkish army bombarded the town of Abu Rasain and surrounding villages, in the countryside of Hasakah Province in north-eastern Syria, causing massive damage to residential areas.– NNN-SANA
