In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 photo, Basel Baradan, an 18-year-old farmer who fled his southern restive border town of Daraa, Syria with his family in July, wipes his eyes as he speaks during an interview at the Zaatari Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan. Jordan now hosts 200,000 Syrians, the largest number of refugees of any neighboring country. After months of delay, Jordan finally opened its first official refugee camp in July at Zaatari, near the border with Syria.(AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
AP VIDEO: Syrian refugees discuss their pain, fear
In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 photo, Basel Baradan, an 18-year-old farmer who fled his southern restive border town of Daraa, Syria with his family in July, wipes his eyes as he speaks during an interview at the Zaatari Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan. Jordan now hosts 200,000 Syrians, the largest number of refugees of any neighboring country. After months of delay, Jordan finally opened its first official refugee camp in July at Zaatari, near the border with Syria.(AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
By The Associated Press
Associated Press /
September 30, 2012
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As war rages in Syria, the stream of refugees into other countries shows no sign of stopping. More than 100,000 people fled Syria in August alone — about 40 percent of all who had left since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began last March.
The United Nations refugee agency said Thursday that the number of people escaping Syria could reach 700,000 by the end of the year.
And in each case, lives are uprooted and changed forever.
In the following videos, people who fled the conflict tell their stories.
See the videos here: http://hosted.ap.org/interactives/2012/syria/
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