The Growing Syrian Refugee Crisis

Syrian Refugees Flee to Border Camps -- Daily Beast

Thousands have fled en masse as the situation in Syria deteriorates. But the refugees still cling to the idea that they’ll return home to a normal life, reports Mike Giglio from the Turkish border.

From Reyhanli, the Turkish border city where he arrived as a refugee last week, Moustafa, who asked to withhold his family name, has been calling home to Aleppo, Syria, regularly to check on his birds. He keeps 15 canaries in his barbershop in Bistan al-Qaser, a bustling neighborhood filled with tradesmen and small-business owners, and from the start of the surprise rebel push that took hold in Aleppo last month, he could tell the birds were ill at ease.

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More News On The Growing Syrian Refugee Crisis

More Syrians flee to Turkey as fighting spreads -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Syrian refugees pour into Turkey; heavy fighting in Aleppo -- Mercury News/AP
Funding boost for Syria refugees -- Press Association
France To Set Up Medical Mission in Jordan for Syrian Refugees -- Wall Street Journal
Saudi Arabia to offer Syrian refugees shelter, aid: Asiri -- Daily Star
EU raps Lebanon on Syrian refugee move -- UPI
UN: 22,000 Iraqis in Syria return home to flee war -- Washington Post/AP
More than 22,000 Iraqis flee Syria: UN -- AFP