As violence continues across Syria, thousands of people are fleeing to camps and trying to cross the border out of the country.
Thousands Flee Syria to Escape Violence
![A Syrian man, who fled his home due to government shelling, holds his son at Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, hoping to cross to a refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town Azaz, September 12, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/968C6BD6-2914-41CE-959B-AAF09AAE7C62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian man, who fled his home due to government shelling, holds his son at Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, hoping to cross to a refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town Azaz, September 12, 2012.
![An elderly Syrian man, who fled his home due to fighting, takes refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, August 23, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8328397C-F193-4601-8165-837715A5E0F5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly Syrian man, who fled his home due to fighting, takes refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, August 23, 2012.
![A Syrian girl, who fled her home with her family due to violence, looks back while checking her laundry, at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing near the Syrian town of Azaz, August 26, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9733D57A-D044-4C9A-941E-44DBE6D1B94A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian girl, who fled her home with her family due to violence, looks back while checking her laundry, at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing near the Syrian town of Azaz, August 26, 2012.
![Syrian refugees walk through the Dumez refugee camp in Dahuk, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, August 13, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ADEA821F-17FF-41CF-B47C-C2D9E5CC294F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian refugees walk through the Dumez refugee camp in Dahuk, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, August 13, 2012.