UN calls for access to Syrians stranded in desert after Deraa's fall

Up to 250,000 people are in a ‘dire’ situation having fled birthplace of uprising The United Nations has called for unimpeded access to almost 250,000 Syrians stranded in the desert near Jordan and Israel, who fled as forces loyal to the regime of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, entered rebel-controlled parts of Deraa.The UN high commissioner for refugees said 234,500 people had fled the violence in the country’s south since mid-June. The international body’s Offic