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United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday expressed concern over the "growing risks of a humanitarian catastrophe" in the event of a full-scale military operation in the northern Idlib province of Syria. Guterres' statement on Wednesday followed the briefing a day before by the director of operations for UN humanitarian affairs John Ging to the Security Council. Ging warned such a government offensive in Idlib "has the potential to create a humanitarian emergency at a scale not yet seen" in the seven-year civil war, Xinhua news agency reported. Speaking...