Geneva, Aug. 9 -- Following the collapse of the latest truce in Idlib at the start of this week, the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the UN's Syria Envoy urged Member States to increase their support for 'critical humanitarian needs' in the country's last opposition-held enclave.
"A new wave of violence is again threatening the lives of millions of civilians who live in the Idlib area, more than a million of whom are children", Najat Rochdi said in a note to correspondents. "During the lull in the fighting, many civilians had returned to their homes and are currently in areas where heavy attacks have resumed putting them at great risk".
More than 500 civilians have been killed and hundreds more injured, since the escalation in fighting beg...