Syrian Observatory: over 120,000 people uprooted in southwest
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BEIRUT - More than 120,000 people have been forced to flee in southwestern Syria since the government launched an offensive to recover the area near the borders with Jordan and the Golan Heights, a war monitor said on Friday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said tens of thousands had gathered at Syria's border with Jordan while thousands more had fled to the frontier with the Israeli Golan Heights.
Observatory Director Rami Abdulrahman, speaking by phone, said civilians had now mostly left the eastern part of Deraa province, where government forces have been advancing. Some people had also crossed into government-held areas, he said.
