BEIRUT — A military offensive on an opposition-controlled region of northwestern Syria has created one of the worst catastrophes for civilians in the country’s long-running war, sending hundreds of thousands of people fleeing, many of them sleeping in open fields and under trees in freezing temperatures.
Associated Press: Freezing weather compounds crisis for displaced in Syria
A displaced Syrian child rides in the back of a truck passing by Dayr Ballut on the way to Afrin and Azaz near the Turkish border in the rebel-held part of Syria's Aleppo province on Feb. 14, 2020, fleeing from government forces advancing in the Idlib and Aleppo regions.
