Thousands more Syrians have been forced to leave their homes in Idlib city, as a Russian-led bombardment of the provincial capital intensifies.

compounds an already dire situation", in a province that is home to around 4 million people - around half of them internally-displaced persons.

At least 20,000 civilians have fled Idlib City towards the Turkish border in recent days, the Response Coordination Group told Anadolu news agency on Tuesday, as a major humanitarian crisis unfolds in the besieged opposition province.It follows the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Syrians over the past few month due to heavy Russian bombing and a regime advance on the ground in the south of Idlib province.The city of Maarat Al-Numan and surrounding villages have been emptied of its inhabitants due to the offensive.Aid groups and NGOs have struggled to cope with the huge numbers of refugees, who have mostly settled in northern Idlib, along the closed Turkish border.Refugee camps are already at full capacity with newly displaced families forced to find shelter in olive groves, cellars and in fields.The UN said the latest wave of refugees "