` ` Syria is heading towards full - blown disaster , '' a U.N. official says . More than 500 villagers have fled since the beginning of this year . They , 20 U.N. personnel , demand withdrawal of al - Assad forces from village . ` It was a very difficult decision to leave my home . Syria says it 's ` ` dispatching a team to assess the situation and attempt a resolution ''
` ` Syria is heading towards full - blown disaster , '' a U.N. official says . More than 500 villagers have fled since the beginning of this year . They , 20 U.N. personnel , demand withdrawal of al - Assad forces from village . Syria says it 's ` ` dispatching a team to assess the situation and attempt a resolution ''