The United Nations in Syria is appealing urgently for help to ease the catastrophic situation for tens for thousands of people impacted by fighting in Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus, and the northern town of Afrin.
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Thousands suffering amid harrowing conditions in east Ghouta and Afrin – UN
- 19 March 2018

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