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UN chief 'alarmed' by Syria violence, calls for end to fighting

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is "alarmed" by the escalation of violence in Syria .

He calls for an immediate end to fighting that his organization says has displaced nearly 50,000 people.

More than 48,500 people had been displaced in Idlib and northern Aleppo, more than half of them children.

Syria has been at war since President Bashar al-Assad cracked down on pro-democracy protests in 2011 , with subsequent fighting leaving an estimated half a million dead.

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