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August 20, 2013

Tens of Thousands of Syrians Flee into Iraq 
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Tens of thousands of Syrians are flooding into Iraq to escape fighting
in Syria's northeast. According to the United Nations, roughly 30,000
Syrians have crossed into Iraq since Thursday, when the border crossing
was reopened, marking one of the largest mass migrations in the two-year
conflict between anti-government rebels and President Bashar al-Assad.
Nearly two million Syrians have fled since the conflict began.

 

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