200,000 Try To Flee Aleppo As The Fighting Intensifies

200,000 Civilians Try To Escape Violence In Syrian City Of Aleppo -- CNN

Northern Syria (CNN) -- They packed one on top of another -- children, parents, grandparents -- onto motorcycles, as many as six at a time, and then sped away as fast as they could. Others clambered into cars, as gunfire crackled around them.

There was no time to wait, with violence engulfing their home city of Aleppo.

These families were not alone. Amid intensifying shelling and heavy weapon fire in Syria's most populated city, a U.N. official -- citing the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent -- said that about 200,000 people have fled Aleppo over the past two days.

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My Comment: Aleppo is Syria's largest city, with a population in the millions. 200,000 refugess is just a fraction of what could quickly escalate into a million plus.