Summary
Escalating violence in northwest Syria has caused more than 200,000 displacements since mid-December, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that medical facilities in the area were struggling to cope.
In a first, OCHA said, around 6,700 families fled rebel-held areas of Hama province to nearby government-controlled territory.
More than 340,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the Syrian war, which began in 2011 as the regime brutally crushed anti-government protests.
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