PARIS, Jun 1: About 10,000 civilians have fled to a camp just north of Islamic State’s bastion of Raqqa with hundreds more arriving each day as the battle for the city nears, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said today.
Residents are escaping Raqqa under cover of night as US-backed forces close in, taking their chances against minefields and hostile fighters rather than risking death in a major battle expected to begin soon.
"It is not a massive exodus, but about 800 people a day are arriving in Ain Issa every day," Natalie Roberts, an emergency doctor from MSF France who had just returned from the region, told reporters.
The camp in Ain Issa village is run by the U.S.
(Reuters)
What Happens When China and India Both Claim the Global South?
Introduction Increasingly, the Global South is expected to adopt a common position in a time when global fault lines seem...
Read moreDetails
