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Report: Israel in talks with UN on setting up safe zone in southern Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael is in talks with the United Nations on setting up a safe zone in southern Syria for the hundreds of thousands of Syrians fleeing a regime offensive, the Walla news site reports.
According to Walla, the establishment of the safe zone is aimed at preventing the haphazard establishment of tents by Syrians escaping the fighting.
The United Nations says some 300,000 Syrians have fled toward the Israeli and Jordanian borders since mid-June to escape the regime bombardment of Daraa province.
Both Jordan and Israel have insisted they will not open their borders to refugees, though Israel has provided aid and brought Syrians to its territory for medical treatment.
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