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    Syria war: UN alarm at escalation of hostilities in Idlib

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    The UN has called for an urgent de-escalation in north-western , after fighting between government and opposition forces reportedly left dozens of civilians dead or injured.

    Secretary General António Guterres urged all parties to recommit to a truce covering opposition-held parts of Idlib, Aleppo and Hama provinces.

    Rescuers said at least 20 civilians were killed in strikes on Tuesday.

    On Monday, two medical facilities were reportedly targeted by warplanes.

    Idlib, northern Hama and western Aleppo make up the last opposition stronghold remaining in Syria after eight years of civil war.

    The region is covered by truce brokered in September by , which backs President Bashar al-Assad, and , which supports the opposition, that has spared the 2.7 million civilians living there from a major government offensive.

    A “demilitarised buffer zone” was established along the front line to separate opposition and government forces. Mainstream rebels were required to pull their heavy weapons out of the zone, and jihadists were told to withdraw altogether.

    But a takeover of the enclave in January by the jihadist alliance Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which was known as al-Nusra Front…

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