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Syrian refugees flock to Turkey and Jordan Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled across the border into Turkey and Jordan since the uprising in their homeland began.
Oct. 11, 2012
Syrian men rest after crossing the Orontes River on the Turkish-Syrian border near the village of Hacipasa in Turkey’s Hatay province.
Osman Orsal
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Reuters
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Oct. 11, 2012
A Syrian woman uses a cellphone as others rest after crossing the Orontes River by boat into Turkey.
Osman Orsal
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Reuters
Oct. 10, 2012
A wounded Syrian man lies on a boat as he is transported to Turkey across the Orontes River. Scores of refugees, many of them women with screaming children clinging to their necks, crossed the Orontes, a narrow river marking the border with Turkey as they fled the fighting in Azmarin and surrounding Syrian villages.
Osman Orsal
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Reuters
Oct. 10, 2012
A wounded Syrian man is carried to an ambulance after crossing the Orontes River.
Osman Orsal
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Reuters
Oct. 10, 2012
A Syrian boy walks after crossing the Orontes River.
Osman Orsal
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Reuters
Sept. 3, 2012
A Syrian family who fled shelling in the Syrian town of Azaz arrive by bus at the Syrian-Turkish border crossing of Bab al-Salameh. Some 10,000 Syrian refugees have massed on the country's northern border in makeshift camps in hopes of entering Turkey.
Pierre Marsaut
Sept. 2, 2012
A Syrian refuge sleeps under a truck at the Syrian-Turkish border crossing of Bab al-Salameh.
Pierre Marsaut
Sept. 2, 2012
A Syrian family prepare for lunch at the Syrian-Turkish border crossing of Bab al-Salameh.
Pierre Marsaut
Sept. 2, 2012
A Syrian boy plays at the Syrian-Turkish border crossing of Bab al-Salameh.
Pierre Marsaut
Aug. 30, 2012
A young Syrian refugee at the the rebel-held border crossing in Bab al-Salameh, Syria.
Karin Brulliard
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The Washington Post
Aug. 30, 2012
Khaled Abdullah, 40, who fled airstrikes in his town of Marea, now plans to stay at the rebel-held border crossing in Bab al-Salameh, Syria.
Karin Brulliard
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The Washington Post
Aug. 30, 2012
A young Syrian refugee carries water at the the rebel-held border crossing in Bab al-Salameh, Syria.
Karin Brulliard
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The Washington Post
Aug. 30, 2012
A young Syrian refugee sits by a pile of donated provisions at the border crossing.
Karin Brulliard
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The Washington Post
Aug. 13, 2012
An injured Syrian refugee rests on his bed as he undergoes rehabilitation at a post-traumatic care center directed by the newly formed Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations in Hatay Province.
Umit Bektas
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Reuters
Aug. 13, 2012
Zakaria, 10, an injured Syrian refugee boy, is fed by a nurse as he undergoes rehabilitation at a post-traumatic care center directed by the Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations (UOSSM) in Hatay Province. Zakaria is the only survivor of his family; the rest of his family died in an Syrian Army helicopter attack in Idlib, UOSSM officials said.
Umit Bektas
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Reuters
Aug. 9, 2012
A Syrian refugee family leaves a stopover facility on a bus after breaking fast near the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in Hatay Province. More than 50,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey, Turkish authorities say.
Umit Bektas
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Reuters
Aug. 9, 2012
A Syrian refugee and her child arrive at a stopover facility near the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in Hatay Province.
Umit Bektas
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Reuters
Aug. 9, 2012
Syrian refugee children are pictured at a playground as they arrive at a stopover facility near the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in Hatay Province.
Umit Bektas
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Reuters
Aug. 8, 2012
Syrian refugee children play in the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq.
Ali Jarekji
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Reuters
Aug. 8, 2012
A Syrian refugee woman breast-feeds her child while sitting with her family in the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq.
Ali Jarekji
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Reuters
Aug. 8, 2012
A Syrian refugee girl bathes her brother in the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq.
Ali Jarekji
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Reuters
Aug. 8, 2012
A Syrian refugee boy looks out from the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq.
Ali Jarekji
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Reuters
Aug. 3, 2012
Syrian refugees wait to charge their mobile phones in the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq. Al Zaatri is one of many camps set up along the 53-mile border between Jordan and Syria under the management of the United Nations’ refugee agency, UNHCR, and with the help of local charity groups.
Muhammad Hamed
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Reuters
July 31, 2012
Syrian refugees fleeing the violence in their country make their way to the al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. Jordan opened its first formal camp for Syrian refugees two weeks ago, after more than 140,000 Syrians fleeing the conflict had already entered the country.
Muhammad Hamed
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Reuters
July 27, 2012
Syrian refugee children stand on a fence as one of them waves a Syrian opposition flag at the Yayladagi refugee camp in Hatay Province, near the Turkish-Syrian border.
Umit Bektas
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Reuters
July 31, 2012
Syrians take refuge in the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq.
Muhammad Hamed
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Reuters
July 31, 2012
A Syrian girl carries her brother in the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq. Jordan’s public embrace of refugees and defectors is potentially risky for a nation that is a relative oasis of stability in a volatile region.
Muhammad Hamed
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Reuters
July 27, 2012
A Syrian refugee looks out from behind the fence at Yayladagi refugee camp in Hatay Province, near the Turkish-Syrian border.
Umit Bektas
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Reuters
July 22, 2012
Syrian refugees flee from a refugee camp named Container City on the Turkish-Syrian border in Oncupinar, in southern Turkey’s Kilis Province. At the camp, police used tear gas to disperse a group of refugees who were throwing stones at police in protest against food and water shortages, a Turkish official said.
Umit Bektas
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Reuters
July 22, 2012
Syrian refugees sit outside the Kilis refugee camp in southern Turkey, after clashes with police.
Adem Altan
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AFP/Getty Images
July 22, 2012
A Syrian refugee argues with Turkish soldiers outside a refugee camp in Kilis.
Adem Altan
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AFP/Getty Images
July 7, 2012
The Kilis refugee camp in southern Turkey is home to thousands of Syrians who have fled the violence in their homeland.
Liz Sly
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The Washington Post
July 7, 2012
Haji Mustafa, who says he is 72 or 73, lives alone in the Kilis refugee camp in southern Turkey. Mustafa ran away from Syria under fire and doesn’t know what happened to his family.
Liz Sly
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The Washington Post
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