It's terrible how the numbers keep climbing and climbing.
Number of Syrian refugees nears 4 million
By Danielle Haynes
| June 15, 2015 at 6:31 PM
Syrians try to climb the fence while hundreds of refugees wait at the Syrian side of the border crossing in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, south-eastern Turkey, June 14 2015. They are trying to cross to the Turkish side as they are fleeing from the fighting between the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) military group and Islamic State (ISIS). Photo by Ebrahem Khadir/ UPI
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TELL ABYAD, Syria, June 15 (UPI) -- Thousands of people attempted to flee fighting in Syria through its northern border with Turkey on Sunday as the total number of Syrian refugees since the start of the country's civil war nears 4 million.
The Akçakale border crossing station between Syria and Turkey has been inundated with thousands of people since the beginning of June. Dozens of Syrians even cut through or climbed over fences to cross into Turkey to flee fighting between the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) military group and Islamic State.
But it's not just the fight against IS -- also identified as Da'esh and by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL -- that has caused Syrians to flee. Since the start of fighting between the Assad regime and armed rebels in 2011, some 3.9 million refugees have left the country. Another 6.5 million have been internally displaced, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says.
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Number of Syrian refugees nears 4 million
By Danielle Haynes
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Syrians try to climb the fence while hundreds of refugees wait at the Syrian side of the border crossing in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, south-eastern Turkey, June 14 2015. They are trying to cross to the Turkish side as they are fleeing from the fighting between the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) military group and Islamic State (ISIS). Photo by Ebrahem Khadir/ UPI
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TELL ABYAD, Syria, June 15 (UPI) -- Thousands of people attempted to flee fighting in Syria through its northern border with Turkey on Sunday as the total number of Syrian refugees since the start of the country's civil war nears 4 million.
The Akçakale border crossing station between Syria and Turkey has been inundated with thousands of people since the beginning of June. Dozens of Syrians even cut through or climbed over fences to cross into Turkey to flee fighting between the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) military group and Islamic State.
But it's not just the fight against IS -- also identified as Da'esh and by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL -- that has caused Syrians to flee. Since the start of fighting between the Assad regime and armed rebels in 2011, some 3.9 million refugees have left the country. Another 6.5 million have been internally displaced, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says.
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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/06/15/Number-of-Syrian-refugees-near