The United Nations is withdrawing non-essential staff from Syria amid the current escalation in the country’s civil war, a spokesman said on Saturday.
The UN is to continue to provide services to support the Syrian people in the country, he added.
Syria has been in the throes of a civil war since 2011, when security forces responded violently to protests against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Around 14 million people have been displaced and 300,000 civilians killed so far, according to UN estimates.
The conflict flared up again on November 27 when a rebel alliance led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham began an offensive in north-western Syria in an attempt to overthrow the Syrian government.
