Inside Syria - How serious is the Syrian refugee crisis?

2012-09-09 1

As President Assad's forces step up their battle with opposition rebels, without much regard for civilian casualties, the number of people fleeing Syria has grown sharply in recent days, raising the alarm on a deepening humanitarian crisis. Jordan, one of Syria's neighbours and a small country itself, now has the biggest number of Syrian refugees and the fastest growing refugee camp as about 1,000 Syrians are crossing the border into Jordan every day.

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