UN says 65,000 fled fighting in Syria's Hasakeh

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday that 40,000 people are thought to have fled to suburban neighborhoods and nearby villages and more than 25,000 others have fled to cities and villages north of the city since Aug. 18.

Dujarric says that "given the scale and pace of displacement, not all needs can be met yet," and urged all parties to facilitate "permanent and unhindered" access for the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Syrian state media reported that a cease-fire between government and Kurdish forces in Hasakeh went into effect Tuesday. 

The two have shared control of the city since the early months of the civil war but clashes broke out last week.