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Over 920,000 displaced in Syria in 2018, highest level since conflict
began: UN
GENEVA, June 11, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – More than 920,000 people were displaced
inside Syria during the first four months of 2018, the highest level in the
seven-year conflict, the UN said Monday.
“We are seeing a massive displacement inside Syria… From January to
April, there were over 920,000 newly displaced people,” Panos Moumtzis, the
UN regional humanitarian coordinator for Syria, told reporters in Geneva.
“This was the highest displacement in that short period of time we have
seen since the conflict started,” he said.
BSS/AFP/GMR/1517 hrs