2. Syrian refugees update 2012
Syrians by the thousands are fleeing the violence in their home country and seeking
refuge in neighboring countries. Turkey this week is said to be considering a buffer
zone in Syria to secure its own national security as well as aid fleeing civilians.
Turkey is already sheltering some 17,000 of those who have fled. The British-based
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday that nearly 10,000 people have
been killed in the yearlong conflict in Syria. A cease-fire agreement accepted by
Syria Tuesday that was drawn up by United Nations envoy Kofi Annan was met
with skepticism, and fighting continued between rebels and President Bashar
Assad’s soldiers. Lloyd Young (32 photos total)
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3. Syrian refugees are seen through a barbed wire as they
arrive at border between Syria and Turkey, near
Reyhanli, Hatay province, on March 27. Syrian
President Bashar Assad's crackdown on dissent, which
monitors say has seen more than 9,100 people killed
since March 2011, triggered an influx of refugees on the
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exceeds 17,000. (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)
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4. A Syrian refugee boy enters his tent at Reyhanli refugee camp in Hatay province on the
Turkish-Syrian border late March 17. Over the past few weeks, the number of Syrians
crossing has increased dramatically with an average of 200 to 300 now coming into Turkey
every day. This week 1,000 crossed in just 24 hours, the highest number since the first wave
of refugees last summer. Around 15,000 registered Syrian refugees now live in tented camps
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inside Turkey, making up almost half of the 34,000 people the United Nations estimates to
have fled Syria since the start of the conflict a year ago. (Murad Sezer/Reuters) #
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5. A Syrian child is seen with her family who fled from
the Syrian town of Qusair near Homs, at the
Lebanese-Syrian border village of Qaa, eastern
Lebanon, on March 5. More than a thousand Syrian
refugees have poured across the border into
Lebanon, among them families with small children
carrying only plastic bags filled with their belongings
as they fled a regime hunting down its opponents.
(Hussein Malla/Associated Press) #
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6. A Turkish soldier searches a young Syrian refugee
at a border crossing near Reyhanli, Turkey on
March 20. The number of Syrian refugees living in
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17,000. (Burhan Ozbilici/Associated Press) #
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7. A Syrian boy who fled the violence in Syria wears a
headband in the colors of the pre-Baath Syrian flag as he
stands in a shelter housing refugees in the Lebanese city
of Arsal in the Bekaa Valley on March 26. United Nations
Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said that only Syrians
could determine President Bashar-al-Assad's fate and Click to continue
called for the rival sides to negotiate an end to the
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conflict. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images) # 7
8. Syrian refugees walk on the Syrian side of the Turkish Syrian border
at Reyhanli in Antakya, on March 14 as they attempt to cross into
Turkey. International mediator Kofi Annan called for an immediate halt
to the killing of civilians in Syria as he arrived in Turkey for talks on the
crisis. Activists said that the Syrian army launched a new assault in
the restive northern province of Idlib and the city itself, where
residents are suffering "indescribable" humanitarian conditions.
(Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) #
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9. Syrian refugees hide their face as they arrive near the border between Syria and
Turkey at Reyhanli in Antakya on March 15. Some 1,000 Syrian refugees,
including a defecting general, crossed into Turkey in 24 hours, braving land mines
placed to stop them by Syrian troops, Turkish officials said today. The head of the
Turkish Red Crescent meanwhile warned that the number of Syrians arriving in
Turkey could reach half a million if President Bashar Assad’s regime keeps up its
year-long crackdown on dissent. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) #
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10. Turkish soldiers patrol around the Reyhanli refugee
camp in Hatay on March 25. (Osman Orsal/Reuters) #
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11. Syrian refugees in their camp near the border in
Reyhanli, Turkey onMarch 19, 2012. The number of
Syrian refuges fleeing violence in their country is now
more April 10, 2013 (Burhan Ozbilici/Associated Press) #
than 16,000. 11
12. Syrian children attend a class at a makeshift classroom at the
Boynuyogun refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border in
Hatay province on February 8. (Murad Sezer/Reuters) #
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13. Syrian refugee children use computers during a class at the refugee camp
in Yayladagi on March 26. Turkey is home to a growing number of Syrian
refugees fleeing the more than year-old unrest raging in its neighbor.
Officials said the total figure has slightly exceeded 17,000 against about
9,500 only 2013 months ago. (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images) #
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14. A Syrian boy plays at a makeshift kindergarten at the Boynuyogun
refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province February
on 8. Some 10,000 refugees are now registered in tented camps and the
number is rising steadily. At least 2,000 more live outside, either with
relatives or in rented accommodation. One tent serves as a makeshift art
classroom and exhibition space for the camp's children. Drawings,
paintings and sketches line the tent's walls while dozens sit on a table in
the middle of the room. (Murad Sezer/Reuters) #
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15. Laundry hangs from a fence at Reyhanli refugee
camp in Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian
border March on 19. (Murad Sezer/Reuters) #
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16. Syrian refugees who fled the violence back home are seen at a
camp near Zakho, an Iraqi border town with Syria, on March 15.
The camp houses nearly 100 Syrian Kurdish families who have
fled the fighting since the uprising in Syria, according to regional
Kurdish officials. (Azad Lashkari/Reuters) #
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17. Syrian refugee children look at a bird in a cage at the Red
Crescent camp in Boynuyogun village, Hatay region on March
25. The Boynuyogun camp, holds some 2,000 Syrian refugees
accommodated in 600 tents fleeing the more than a year old
unrest with officials saying the total figure of people who have
fled Syria has slightly exceeded 17,000. (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty
Images) #
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18. Friends carry an injured Syrian refugee inside their camp in Reyhanli,
Turkey on March 20. (Burhan Ozbilici/Associated Press) #
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19. Syrian refugees stroll at Reyhanli refugee camp in
Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian border on
March 15. A government offensive in Syria's
northwest has sharply increased the flow of
refugees into Turkey, with about a thousand
crossing in the last 24 hours, Turkish officials said
on Thursday. The numbers fleeing was expected
to grow further as long as fighting continued
around the town of Idlib, close to the Turkish
border, one Turkish official said; but he declined to
say how many more Turkey was expecting.
(Jonathon Burch/Reuters) #
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20. A wheelchair bound Syrian refugee waits outside
the field hospital at the Red Crescent camp in
Boynuyogun village, Hatay region on March 25.
The Boynuyogun camp, holds some 2,000 Syrian
refugees accommodated in 600 tents fleeing the
more than a year old unrest with officials saying
the total figure of people who have fled Syria has
slightly exceeded 17,000. (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty
Images) #
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21. Syrian refugee children stand outside their tent at
Reyhanli refugee camp in Hatay province on the
Turkish-Syrian border on March 15. (Jonathon
Burch/Reuters)#
April 10, 2013 21
22. Syrian refugee children play on swings at the refugee camp
in Yayladagi on on March 26. Turkey is home to a growing
number of Syrian refugees fleeing the more than year-old
unrest raging in its neighbor. Officials said the total figure has
slightly exceeded 17,000 against about 9,500 only two
months ago. (Adam Altan/AFP/Getty Images) #
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23. A Syrian family who fled the violence in Baba Amr
neighborhood, in the flashpoint city of Homs, eats
dinner in their room during a power outage at a
school which is converted to a refugee center in
the area of Wadi Khaled on the Lebanese-Syrian
border northern Lebanon on March 15. According
to United Nations and local officials more than
1,500 Syrians, mainly women and children, have
crossed into Lebanon in recent weeks. (Joseph
Eid/AFP/Getty Images) #
April 10, 2013 23
24. Syrian refugees walk through woods helped by
rebels from the Free Syrian Army as they attempt
to cross the northwestern part of the Syrian
border with neighboring Turkey, on March 18 a
year after a revolt against President Bashar
Assad’s regime erupted. (Giorgos
Moutafis/AFP/Getty Images) #
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25. Artwork is seen on a tent wall at the Syrian refugee Red
Crescent camp in Boynuyogun village, Hatay region on
March 25. The Boynuyogun camp, holds some 2,000 Syrian
refugees accommodated in 600 tents fleeing the more than a
year old unrest with officials saying the total figure of people
who have fled Syria has slightly exceeded 17,000. (Adem
Altan/AFP/Getty Images) #
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26. A member of Free Syrian Army gives some food to a Syrian
refugee family as they wait to cross to Turkey at the border
between Syria and Turkey on March 26. Syrian official media
reported that Syrian border guards clashed with a group, seeking
to enter the restive northwestern province of Idlib from Turkey, a
number of whom were killed and wounded, while others fled to
Turkey. (Ricardo Garcia/AFP/Getty Images) #
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27. A Syrian girl who fled the violence in the Syrian
town of Qusayr looks out of the window of a bus
upon arrival to the Lebanese city of Arsal in the
Bekaa Valley after crossing through Lebanon's
northern border with Syria on March 26. (Joseph
Eid/AFP/Getty Images) #
April 10, 2013 27
28. A Syrian girl who fled the violence in Syria
sleeps with a doll at a shelter housing
refugees in the Lebanese city of Arsal in the
Bekaa Valley on March 26. (Joseph
Eid/AFP/Getty Images) #
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29. A refugee who fled the violence in
Syria carries refreshments at her
temporary home ahead of
International Women's Day at the
Al Hussein Palestinian refugees
camp in Amman on March 7. (Ali
Jarekji/Reuters) #
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30. A refugee who fled with his
family from the violence in Syria,
stands at his temporary home
during a visit by a French
delegation in Tripoli, northern
Lebanon on March 14. (Omar
Ibrahim/Reuters) #
April 10, 2013 30
31. Syrian refugees receive blankets from a
Qatari charity organization in Amman,
Jordan on March 17. (Ali
Jarekji/Reuters)2013
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32. A Syrian family of refugees have lunch in their
tent at Boynuyogun refugee camp in Hatay
province on the Turkish-Syrian border on
March 16. Turkey said it might set up a "buffer
zone" inside Syria to protect refugees fleeing
President Bashar Assad's forces, raising the
prospect of foreign intervention in the year-long
revolt. (Murad Sezer/Reuters) #
April 10, 2013 32
33. Mohammad (12) a Syrian refugee wearing
a scarf with the colors of the Syrian
Independence flag, stands outside of
Reyhanli refugee camp in Hatay province
on the Turkish-Syrian border on March 17.
Over the past few weeks, the number of
Syrians crossing has increased
dramatically with an average of 200 to 300
now coming into Turkey every day. This
week 1,000 crossed in just 24 hours, the
highest number since the first wave of
refugees last summer. Around 15,000
registered Syrian refugees now live in
tented camps inside Turkey, making up
almost half of the 34,000 people the United
Nations estimates to have fled Syria since
the start of the conflict a year ago. (Murad
Sezer/Reuters) #
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34. Syrian refugees arrive into Qaa village, in
northern Lebanon on March 4. Up to 2,000
refugees fleeing violence in Syria are
crossing the border into northern Lebanon,
according to a spokesman for the United
Nations. (Afif Diab/Reuters) #
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35. Another refugee camp opened today in Mrajeeb al-Fhood, Jordan, to
accommodate the reported 1,500 to 2,000 Syrians fleeing to Jordan
daily. Just over a year ago the Big Picture posted an entry of the
growing number of people displaced due to the conflict that now has
lasted over two years. The United Nations recently said a total of
around 7,000 to 8,000 Syrians are leaving their country daily; there
are 1.3 million Syrian refugees and almost 4 million more have been
displaced inside Syria since the start of the conflict. Posted here is
another glimpse of daily life for those displaced since the beginning of
this year. Lloyd Young ( 37 photos total)
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36. A Syrian internally displaced boy stands at the
window of a tent in the Bab al-Hawa camp along
the Turkish border in the northwestern Syrian
province of Idlib on March 18. The conflict in Syria
between rebel forces and pro-government troops
has killed at least 70,000 people, and forced more
than one million Syrians to seek refuge abroad.
(Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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37. Jordanian police stand guard as Syrian refugees arrive at the
new Mrajeeb al- Fhood refugee camp 20 km east of the city of
Zarqa on April 10.The press spokesman for Syrian refugees in
Jordan, Anmar Hmoud, said the camp which is 250 dunams
(61.78 acres) in size and cost seven million dinars with funding
from the United Arab Emirates, will receive up to 100 Syrian
refugees daily. He said the number of Syrian refugees in the
kingdom since the outbreak of the crisis in their country, which
entered its third year, reached 483,314 refugees, according to the
Jordanian news agency Petra. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters) #
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38. A newly-arrived Syrian refugee boy smiles at an Emirati Red
Crescent worker upon his arrival with his family to the new
Jordanian-Emirati refugee camp, Mrajeeb al-Fhood, in Zarqa,
Jordan, on April 10. A second camp for Syrian refugees has
opened in Jordan as more Syrians flee the civil war at home.
The Jordanian-Emirati camp is the first funded by the United
Arab Emirates and run by its Red Crescent Society in Jordan
to assist families, single women, the disabled, and elderly.
(Mohammad Hannon/Associated Press) #
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39. Guards stand at the entrance to Mrajeeb al-Fhood, a new
refugee camp in Zarqa, Jordan, on April 10. A second
camp for Syrian refugees has opened in Jordan as more
Syrians flee the civil war at home. (Mohammad
Hannon/Associated Press) #
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40. A view of the King Abdullah Refugee Camp for Syrian
refugees 2 kilometers from the Syrian border on the
third day of Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall's
visit to the country on March 13 in Amman, Jordan.
The Royal couple are on the first leg of a tour of the
Middle East taking in Qatar, Saudia Arabia and
Oman. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images) #
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41. A Syrian woman carries her children near their
makeshift refugee camp at the mountains of the city
of Afrin, on the Syria-Turkey border, on March 28.
(Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) #
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42. Syrian refugee children sit inside their tent at a small refugee
camp, in Ketermaya village southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, on
March 14. The number of registered Syrian refugees jumped
10 percent in just one week to more than 1.1 million, a U.N.
aid official said Thursday as France pushed for quickly lifting a
European Union ban on arming Syrian rebels. (Hussein
Malla/Associated Press) #
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43. A Syrian internally displaced woman and child are reflected
in a puddle of water in the Bab al-Hawa camp along the
Turkish border in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib,
on March 18. The conflict in Syria between rebel forces and
pro-government troops has killed at least 70,000 people,
and forced more than one million Syrians to seek refuge
abroad. April 10, 2013
(Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) # 43
44. A Syrian refugee at the King Abdullah
Refugee Camp for Syrian refugees 2
kilometers from the Syrian border on
March 13. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images) #
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45. Mother and son Syrian refugees at the King Abdullah
Refugee Camp on March 13. (Chris Jackson/Getty
Images) #
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46. An internally displaced Syrian refugee child has a hair
cut at a makeshift barber shop at the Azaz refugee
camp along the Syrian-Turkish border on Feb. 19.
Some 15,000 refugees, mainly from the northern
regions of Syria are living in this camp with no running
water or electricity, in winter temperature that drop to
under zero centigrade at night. (Chris Huby/AFP/Getty
Images) #
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47. Children attend a class at the Bab Al-Salam
refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish
border on March 25. (Reuters) #
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48. Syrian refugee children play in Sidon, southern
Lebanon on March 6. A 19-year-old mother of two
registered on Wednesday as the millionth refugee to
flee Syria, part of an accelerating exodus that is piling
pressure on neighboring host countries. (Ali
Hashisho/Reuters) #
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49. A Syrian refugee woman, holds teapots as she walks past her tent
during the visit of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
UNHCR, chief Antonio Guterres, not seen. at a small refugee camp, in
Ketermaya village southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, on March 14. The
number of registered Syrian refugees jumped 10 percent in just one
week to more than 1.1 million, a U.N. aid official said Thursday as
France pushed for quickly lifting a European Union ban on arming
Syrian rebels. 2013
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50. Makeshift shops sell produce in the main thoroughfare as Syrian
refugees go about their daily business in the Za'atari refugee
camp on Jan. 30 in Za'atari, Jordan. Record numbers of refugees
are fleeing the violence and bombings in Syria to cross the
borders to safety in northern Jordan and overwhelming the
Za'atari camp. The Jordanian government are appealing for help
with the influx of refugees as they struggle to cope with the sheer
numbers arriving in the country. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) #
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51. A Syrian refugee takes Syrian currency from the customers at his
shop at Al Za'atri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq,
near the border with Syria on Feb. 21. (Ali Jarekji/Reuters) #
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52. Syrian refugee women, wash their laundry in front of a Turkish
military base, seen in the background, at Atmeh refugee camp in
the northern Syrian province of Idlib, Syria, on Feb. 16. This rebel-
controlled camp only yards from the border with Turkey houses
some 16,000 people displaced by the civil war. But the U.N. and
other major aid agencies best equipped to handle such a large-
scale relief agency cannot reach them because they are inside
Syria. That leaves the job to smaller organizations who can only
provide a fraction of the needs. (Hussein Malla/Associated
Press) #
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53. Syrian refugee women work at a second hand clothes shop at
the Al Za'atri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq near
the border with Syria on March 6. UNHCR said the number of
Syrians leaving their country has increased dramatically since
the beginning of the year with more than 400,000, nearly half
the total, leaving since Jan. 1. Most have fled to Lebanon,
Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt and some to North Africa and
Europe, arriving traumatized, without possessions and having
lost relatives. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters) #
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54. A Syrian refugee walks away after filling
containers with clean water in the village of
Kfarkahel, in the Koura district close to the
northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Jan. 9 as
stormy weather sparked widespread flooding,
prompting chaos on the roads and a nationwide
school closure for the next two days. The
number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is
already totaling 156,000, according to U.N.
figures, and 200,000 according to the Lebanese
government estimates. (Ibrahim
Chalhou/AFP/Getty Images) #
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55. Muddy boots belonging to Syrian refugees are seen at
the entrance of a tent in a refugee camp near Azaz,
north of Aleppo province, Syria, on Feb 18. According
to some Syrian activists, after the increase in air
strikes, the number of displaced people in the refugee
camp of Azaz has grown in the last weeks of 6000 to
9000. (Manu Brabo/Associated Press) #
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56. A Syrian refugee removes water and mud around his tent, at
Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in
Mafraq, Jordan, on Jan. 8. Syrian refugees in a Jordanian
camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on
Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away
their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets
overnight. Police said seven aid workers were injured.
(Mohammad Hannon/Associated Press) #
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57. Newly arrived Syrian refugees wait for their turn to receive a
mattress, blankets and other supplies, and to be assigned to
tents, at the Zaatari Syrian refugees camp in Mafraq, near
the Syrian border with Jordan on Jan. 28. Jordan has set up
a security cordon around a sprawling Syrian refugee camp in
the country's north in an effort to curb rising crime and
lawlessness among its residents, a Jordanian official said.
(Mohammad Hannon/Associated Press) #
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58. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Antonio Guterres (4th right) is welcomed into
Syrian tent during his visit to the Nizip refugee
camp in Gaziantep on March 10. The number of
Syrian refugees, already past the million mark,
could double or triple by the end of the year if no
solution is found to the conflict, Guterres said.
(Veli Gurgah/AFP/Getty Images) #
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59. A Syrian family who fled their home from Aleppo register, at
the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon,
on March 6. The number of Syrians who have fled their
war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now
topped the one million mark, the United Nations refugee
agency said Wednesday warning that Syria is heading
towards a "full-scale disaster." (Bilal Hussein/Associated
Press) April 10, 2013
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60. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General
and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the
United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
OCHA, greets Syrian refugee children at
a school during her visit to a Syrian
refugee camp in Kilis, near the Turkish-
Syrian border, Turkey, on March 13.
(Orhan Cicek/Anadolu Agency via
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61. Syrian refugees wait to register their names after
their arrival at the Al 'Zaatri refugee camp in the
Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with
Syria, on March 6. (Muhammad
Hamed/Reuters) #
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62. Jordanin Police keep guard as Syrian
refugees look on at the King Abdullah
Refugee Camp for Syrian refugees 2
kilometers from the Syrian border on the
third day of Prince Charles and Duchess of
Cornwall's visit to the country on March 13.
(Chris Jackson/Getty Images) #
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63. Jordanian firefighters and Syrian refugees
extinguish a fire at the Al Zaatari Syrian refugee
camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the
border with Syria on March 8. The fire, caused by
gas, did not result in any death or injuries, but
damaged some 35 tents at the camp. (Muhammad
Hamed/Reuters) #
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64. Syrian refugee women cry during a fire at the Al
Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in the Jordanian city of
Mafraq, near the border with Syria on March 8. The
fire, caused by gas, did not result in any death or
injuries, but damaged some 35 tents at the camp.
(Muhammad Hamed/Reuters) #
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65. A newly arrived Syrian refugee receives aid and rations at
Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near
the border with Syria on Jan. 25. The United Nations on
Friday urged Syria's neighbors to keep open their borders to
civilians fleeing the intensifying conflict and said that the
refugee exodus into Jordan was "absolutely dramatic".
More than 30,000 Syrians have arrived in Jordan's main
Zaatri camp this year, including 4,400 on Thursday and
another 2,000 overnight, it said. Most were fleeing fighting
in the southern area of Deraa, food and fuel shortages and
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66. A Syrian refugee girl carries her sister, as she
listens to the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees, UNHCR, chief Antonio Guterres, not
seen, during his visit to a Syrian refugee camp, in
Ketermaya village southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, on
March 14. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press) #
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67. The shadows of Syrian refugees
in a tent are seen at Bab al-Salam
refugee camp in Azaz, near the
Syrian-Turkish border, on January
13. (Muzaffar Salman/Reuters) #
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68. Syrian children cry inside a tent at a refugee
camp in the city of Tyre, in southern Lebanon on
Jan. 31. The United Nations said on April 9 it will
halt food aid to 400,000 Syrian refugees in
Lebanon next month unless it receives urgent
new funding. The cash shortage is part of a
wider financial shortfall that the organization
says is threatening its efforts to help nearly 1.3
million Syrian refugees and almost 4 million
more people displaced inside Syria by the two-
year conflict. (Ali Hashisho/Reuters) #
April 10, 2013 68
69. Syrian refugee children play as
they wave their hands in Sidon,
southern Lebanon on March 6. (Ali
Hashisho/Reuters) #
April 10, 2013 69
70. Syrian refugees at the King Abdullah Refugee
Camp for Syrian refugees 2 kilometers from the
Syrian border on March 13. (Chris Jackson/Getty
Images) #
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71. A Syrian refugee watches a television broadcast of Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad speaking in Damascus, in their
container at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city
of Mafraq, near the border with Syria on Jan. 6. Assad made
his first public appearance in months on Sunday, calling for a
"full national mobilization" to fight against rebels he described
as al Qaeda terrorists. (Majed Jaber/Reuters) #
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72. A Syrian refugee stands on top of a water tank at the
Zaatari refugee camp, near the Syrian border in
Mafraq, Jordan, on Jan 9. Tens of thousands of
Syrians are flowing into Jordan a month, many with no
money and resources. A significant number of women
in the Zaatari camp, which houses some 120,000
refugees, fled with their children but not their husbands
and have little or no source of income. (Mohammad
Hannon/Associated Press) #
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