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| More than 10,000 have fled Syria: UN | |
| 2011-06-14 | |
| UNITED NATIONS — More than 10,000 Syrians have fled into neighboring countries to escape a deadly government crackdown on opposition protests, the UN said Monday. There are 5,000 people in Lebanon and at least 5,000 in Turkey, said UN humanitarian affairs spokeswoman Stephanie Bunker. Turkey’s Anatolia news agency on Monday estimated there are now more than 6,800 Syrians who have crossed into Turkey. UN emergency relief coordinator Valerie Amos praised Syria’s neighbors for the help they have given. “I commend the neighboring states for keeping their borders open and appreciate the assistance they have given,” Amos said in a statement which raised new UN concern about the violence which she said has “reportedly killed 1,200 people” on top of the thousands of displaced. Amos made a new appeal to the Syrian government to let a UN humanitarian team make a proper assessment. President Bashar al-Assad’s government has refused to let UN aid experts visit stricken towns and blocked a human rights investigation team from entering the country.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Assad didn't threaten to switch oil contracts from the Europeans to the Chinese and Russians. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-06-14 14:13 |
| #1 So strange it is that NATO gets all agro on Daffy but they leave Pencilneck to wreak real havoc among his people. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-06-14 11:36 |