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S/2018/484 18-08050 5/21 Figure I Key dates in April 2018 12. Turkish forces, along with Syrian non-State armed opposition groups affiliated with Operation Euphrates Shield, continued Opera tion Olive Branch in Afrin, in Aleppo Governorate. The United Nations and its partners continued to res pond to the needs of an estimated, as at 30 April, 137,000 people, who had been reportedly displaced from Afrin district to the Tall Rif‘atarea, Nubl, Zahra’, Fafin and surrounding villages. The lack of freedom of movement of p eople displaced from Afrin remained a major concern, with the population largely prevented from leaving areas of displacement to return to Afrin or reach other locations, including Aleppo city. Security screening procedures by the Government continued to delay the medical evacuation of critically ill patients to Aleppo city. Humanitarian access to Afrin city from within the Syrian Republic has not yet received the necessary approvals from the Syrian authorities, but assistance was delivered to the area through cross -border United Nations convoys in cooperation with the Turkish authorities. 13. Fighting continued in Idlib Governorate between government forces and non-State armed opposition groups, including air strikes and artillery shelling. Shelling on the towns of Fu‘ah and Kafraya, besieged by non-State armed opposition groups, was also reported. Clashes between non -State armed opposition groups were also reported, as were a series of targeted killings. The overall human itarian situation in Idlib remained dire, with more than 400,000 people having been displaced owing to fighting since December 2017. Camps for internally displaced persons in the north - western part of the Syrian Arab Republic, already operating far above capacity, received additional arrivals, following the evacua tion to locations in Idlib and Aleppo Governorates of some 66,300 people from eastern Ghutah, 6,578 people from Yalda , Babila and Bayt Saham in Rif Dimashq, and 6,238 people from eastern Qalamun. 14. The south-western part of the country saw continued violence and insecurity. Moreover, on 26 April, heavy rainfall caused severe flooding across many parts of the south of the country, resulting in damage to settlements for internally displaced persons in Qunaytirah and Dar‘a Governorates. Protection monitors repor ted that the rates of new displacement and return of internally displaced persons in April were lower than during any month since the signing of the de -escalation agreement for the south-western part of the country in July 2017. 15. On 1 April, United Nations entities conducted the first inter-agency assessment mission to Raqqah since ISIL had left the city. The team estimated that approximately 100,000 people had returned to the city, despite high levels of explosive hazard contamination, including unexploded ordinances, landmines and improvised By 30 April Estimated 158,000 people displaced from eastern Ghutah, some 6,000 people displaced from Yarmou