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Up to 250,000 people are in a ‘dire’ situation having fled birthplace of uprising

The United Nations has called for unimpeded access to almost 250,000 Syrians stranded in the desert near Jordan and Israel, who fled as forces loyal to the regime of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, entered rebel-controlled parts of Deraa.

The UN high commissioner for refugees said 234,500 people had fled the violence in the country’s south since mid-June. The international body’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said their situation was “dire”, with no shelter or protection from desert heat and winds, and food supplies that had dwindled. It called on all warring sides to allow the passage of aid deliveries to civilians.

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