04/09/2012 18:47
100.000 people left Syria in August
The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees says more than 100,000 Syrians left the country in August. 8,000 are said to be trying to cross the border into Turkey, with another thousand entering Jordan each day.
The head of the ICRC arrived in Damascus Monday for his first visit since his appointment on July 1. According to the ICRC, he was to meet with other senior Syrian officials.
The visit will last until Thursday.
Since the beginning of the year, the ICRC and the Syrian Red Crescent have distributed aid to more than 800,000 people, mostly displaced, and assured supply of drinking water in sufficient quantities to over a million of people.
But since then, the situation has worsened and the number of people needing assistance has increased.