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Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 1.5 Million

HeadlineMay 17, 2013

The United Nations refugee agency says the number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria has topped 1.5 million. That is an increase of half a million over the past 10 weeks alone. Turkey and Jordan have borne the brunt of the refugee flow; roughly 10 percent of Jordan’s population is now Syrian refugees. One refugee camp has become Jordan’s fifth-largest city.

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