More than 60,000 people have fled two separate offensives in Syria in recent days, the UN says.
Up to 16,000 people have fled Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, where Russian air strikes are supporting Syrian government attempts to retake the area.
Nearly 50,000 fled the northern town of Afrin, where Turkey is fighting a US-backed Kurdish militia that it considers a terrorist group.
Dozens of people were killed in air strikes on Friday, activists said.
Seven years of civil war have driven nearly 12 million Syrians from their homes:

  • At least 6.1 million are internally displaced
  • Another 5.6 million have fled abroad
  • More than 400,000 are believed to have been killed or are missing, presumed dead

On Friday, the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations said the estimates of those who fled the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta could be more than twice as high as reported, with up to 40,000 leaving on Thursday alone. The number could not be verified.


The Eastern Ghouta Front: Syrian government v rebels

Russian air strikes killed 80 people including 14 children on Friday in the Eastern Ghouta towns of Kafr Batna, Saqba and Harasta, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group.
Despite international calls for a ceasefire, there has been no let-up in the offensive and the Syrian army is now pushing into densely populated areas, backed by Russian air support.
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The Turks, while bombing civilians they call YPG (they have labeled them terrorists), say the Russian bombing of civilians the russians say are rebels is unacceptable.

It can't get more stupid. Wonder what's going to happen when they run into each other.