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)
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 Turkish border as officials say the current
number exceeds 17,000. (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkish soldiers patrol around the Reyhanli refugee camp in Hatay on March 25. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)
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 than 16,000. (Burhan Ozbilici/Associated Press)
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