GENEVA, December 11. /TASS/. Hundreds of civilians were wounded and at least 75 killed in Syria in the past two weeks, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
"In north-west Syria alone, at least 75 civilians, including 28 children and 11 women, have been killed by hostilities from 26 November to 8 December, according to data verified by local health authorities. At least 282 others have been injured, including 106 children and 56 women," the statement says.
The UN agency also reported that the security and humanitarian situation in the country remains unstable.
On November 27, members of armed opposition groups launched a large-scale offensive against government forces' positions in Aleppo and Idlib Governorates. By the evening of December 7, opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad had captured several major cities: Aleppo, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Deraa, and Homs. They entered Damascus on December 8, after which Syrian army units withdrew from the city. The head of the Syrian government, Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, expressed his readiness for a peaceful transfer of power in the country. Assad left office and fled the country.