Syrian War: 100,000 displaced from Hama- UN
Thu Sep 08, 2016 04:45:pm Sports
2.1K By Buchi Obichie
According to United Nations (UN) estimations, about 100,000 people have
been displaced as a result of fighting in Syria's western Hama province,
between August 28 and September 5.
The UN disclosed this on Wednesday, citing the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the Governor of Hama province.
Syrian rebels launched an offensive last week in northern Hama, an area of strategic importance to President Bashar al-Assad that is home to loyalist towns populated by minority Christians and Alawites. Rebels rapidly captured the town of Halfaya. Pro-Assad forces have hit back with heavy air strikes.
Many people had fled from the fighting towards Hama city and neighbouring villages, as well as north into Idlib province, the U.N. said.
According to the organization's report, there were originally about 4,500 families in the town of Halfaya, of which 2,800 remain trapped by the fighting while the rest have fled.
In the town of Taybat al Imam, another 4,500 families were displaced out of 9,500; while 5,000 families- about half the population- were uprooted from the army stronghold of Soran.
Many of the displaced people were sleeping outdoors, but four mosques in Hama city and 12 schools in rural areas were temporarily housing people, the U.N. said.
The Red Crescent had provided aid to about 7,000 families in Hama, roughly 35,000 people, and the United Nations sent a convoy of 12 trucks to Hama on September 4 with aid for another 15,000 people.
The UN says another 6,500 families are in urgent need of food and other aid.
The UN disclosed this on Wednesday, citing the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the Governor of Hama province.
Syrian rebels launched an offensive last week in northern Hama, an area of strategic importance to President Bashar al-Assad that is home to loyalist towns populated by minority Christians and Alawites. Rebels rapidly captured the town of Halfaya. Pro-Assad forces have hit back with heavy air strikes.
Many people had fled from the fighting towards Hama city and neighbouring villages, as well as north into Idlib province, the U.N. said.
According to the organization's report, there were originally about 4,500 families in the town of Halfaya, of which 2,800 remain trapped by the fighting while the rest have fled.
In the town of Taybat al Imam, another 4,500 families were displaced out of 9,500; while 5,000 families- about half the population- were uprooted from the army stronghold of Soran.
Many of the displaced people were sleeping outdoors, but four mosques in Hama city and 12 schools in rural areas were temporarily housing people, the U.N. said.
The Red Crescent had provided aid to about 7,000 families in Hama, roughly 35,000 people, and the United Nations sent a convoy of 12 trucks to Hama on September 4 with aid for another 15,000 people.
The UN says another 6,500 families are in urgent need of food and other aid.
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