Syria: UN concerned as government attacks intensify

13 Jan 2018 ( News Bureau )

Civilians continue to die, victims of the Syrian government’s intensified attacks on rebel-held areas in the Damascus suburb.

More than 85 civilians have been killed in the past 12 days.

Speaking on his first visit to Syria, the UN's Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock said he's deeply worried about civilians in Idlib and Eastern Ghouta.

Al Jazeera’s Hannah Hoexter reports.

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