20,000 Flee Eastern Aleppo In 48 Hours: ICRC
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published November 30, 2016 | 12:35 AM
GENEVA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Nov, 2016 ) : Up to 20,000 people have fled a Syrian government offensive in rebel-held eastern Aleppo in the last 48 hours, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for the Geneva-based ICRC, Krista Armstrong, told AFP that the 20,000 figure was an estimate and that the situation remained fluid, stressing that "people are fleeing in different directions", desperately seeking refuge from the brutal fighting.
Terrified civilians have fled empty-handed into remaining rebel-held territory, or crossed into government-controlled western Aleppo or Kurdish districts.
The United Nations humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien had earlier put the number of displaced from eastern Aleppo at 16,000.
The Syrian government offensive to recapture rebel-held parts of Aleppo has sparked international alarm. France called for an immediate UN Security Council session on the fighting, which has seen the army capture a third of opposition-controlled east Aleppo in recent days.
Terrified civilians have fled, many leaving empty-handed, into remaining rebel-held territory, or crossing into government-controlled western Aleppo or Kurdish districts.
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