The head of the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, on Thursday appealed to Jordan to open its border with southwest Syria to help protect the civilians who are "caught in the crossfire."
The people "are living in dire and insecure conditions," UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said in a statement.
There are large numbers of women and children among the displaced, as well as elderly, injured and sick people and "I am especially concerned about them," he said, adding that among the displaced are local humanitarian workers who have "selflessly served the civilian population throughout the duration of the conflict."
Grandi underscored the immediate priority of finding a political solution to the conflict to spare civilians further suffering.
Fighting between pro-Syrian government forces and opposition militia, has been intensifying for weeks across Daraa Governorate, as well as the Golan Heights border area with Israel.
Grandi said that while the UN and partners are doing what they can to deliver life-saving aid to the people of southwest Syria, both from within the country and across the Jordanian border, "the security situation is hindering efforts to reach many people in dire need."
"I call on all parties to redouble efforts to cease hostilities, to allow humanitarian actors to deliver life-saving assistance, shelter and evacuate the wounded," Grandi said.
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