More than 270,000 people flee southwestern Syria
Due to an escalation in the fighting in southwestern Syria over the past two weeks, the number of displaced people in that area have exceeded 270,000.
Source: Tanjug
This is according to UN representatives in Jordan.
"Our latest update shows the figure of displaced across southern Syria has exceeded 270,000 people," Mohammad Hawari, UNHCR's Jordan spokesman, told Reuters.