UN official says over 115,000 people displaced by Syria fighting

More than 115,000 people have been “newly displaced” in Syria’s Idlib and Aleppo provinces, a UN official says, following a major rebel offensive in the north.

“It’s been one week since the conflict escalated in Syria. More than 115,000 people have now been newly displaced across Idlib and northern Aleppo,” UN deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis, David Carden, says in a statement to AFP following a visit to Idlib.