The UN says it is sending “all non-essential international staff out of Syria” and halting aid missions outside Damascus. The organization is restricting travels for remaining employees.
A quarter of the 100 international staff in Damascus could leave this week. Some staff could be moved out of the northern city of Aleppo. Travel outside the capital will be restricted, UN humanitarian officials said, as quoted by IRIN agency.
Officials say the move is necessary because the situation in Syria has deteriorated.
Regional humanitarian coordinator for the UN, Radhouane Nouicer, said that security needed to be reassessed because of violations to international humanitarian law.
"The security situation has become extremely difficult, including in Damascus," he said.
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