[Elder of Ziyon] Meanwhile, in Syria...

From AP:

Last week, the U.N. announced that the number of registered refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq and North Africa had reached 1 million.

On Thursday, Reem Alsalem of the U.N. refugee agency said more than 121,000 refugees registered since then, a jump of more than 10 percent.

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres noted that the average number of Syrians fleeing their country every day rose from 3,000 in December to 8,000 in February.

"This represents a staggering escalation," he said in a visit to Lebanon on Thursday.

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Posted By Elder of Ziyon to Elder of Ziyon at 3/15/2013 06:15:00 AM