Number of displaced triples to 160,000 during fighting in south Syria - UNHCR

AMMAN (Reuters) - The number of displaced people in southern Syria has more than tripled to 160,000 in the latest fighting, the UN refugee agency’s Jordan spokesman Mohammad Hawar said . “We expect the numbers during the night to rise further,” Hawar said. The last UN figure issued Monday was 45,000. A ceasefire has been agreed for southern Syria, a Jordanian official source said earlier , as an army offensive against insurgents sparked fears of a humanitarian catastrophe near the borders with Jordan and Israel.