BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec 4, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - More than 115,000 people have been "newly displaced" in Syria's Idlib and Aleppo provinces, a UN official said Wednesday, following a major rebel offensive in the north.

"It's been one week since the conflict escalated in Syria. More than 115,000 people have now been newly displaced across Idlib and northern Aleppo," UN deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis, David Carden, said in a statement to AFP following a visit to Idlib.