Syrian refugees entering Kurdistan by the thousands
The floodgates of the Syrian civil war's humanitarian crisis are open as refugees cross a new Tigris River bridge by the busloads and pour into overcrowded camps.
Peshmerga look on as a convoy of buses packed with Syrian Kurdish refugees prepares to leave Feyshkhabour for for the Kawrugusk camp in Erbil, August 17. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report)
FEYSHKHABOUR - Thousands of refugees are making their way on a new pontoon bridge across the Tigris River from Syria to Iraqi Kurdistan after the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reopened the border.
They flee a two and a half year long, multi-sided civil war in Syria that is unlikely to end soon and, in recent months has seen violent Sunni fundamentalist groups, particularly Jabhat al-Nusra, targeting Kurdish militias. Several refugees said the fighting against Jabhat al-Nusra had intensified in the last few weeks, and reports have surfaced of atrocities committed against Kurdish civilians.
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