Syria's Growing Refugee Crisis

'I Want My Final Days To Come': Desperate Families Who Fled The Terror Of Syria Now Face Starvation In Exile -- Daily Mail

* UN: 4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria
* Over 700,000 refugees now sheltering in neighbouring countries
* Aysha Ahmed is one of the hundreds of thousands of citizens that has fled Syria, but now feels she has swapped one cruel reality for another

They may have escaped a war-torn country to the safety of a refugee camp, but with no money, food or change of clothes, the families of Syria are now fighting a new battle.

Widowed mother-of-eight Samira is one of the hundreds of thousands of citizens that has fled to Lebanon, but admits that she now feels she has swapped one cruel reality for another.

'I am losing hope. I want my final days to come,' she explains as she rocks her young son Mohammed in a fruitless attempt to keep him warm.

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More News On Syria's Growing Refugee Crisis

Journey of hell for refugees escaping Syrian conflict -- ITV
Jordan staggers under fallout of Syria conflict -- Reuters
Sasa Petricic: Jordan struggling with massive influx of Syrian refugees -- CBC
UNHCR: At Least 242,000 Syrian Refugees Currently in Lebanon -- Naharnet
US Leads Struggle to Avert Humanitarian Disaster in Syria -- Voice of America
Syria’s refugees: Drowning in the flood -- The Economist
Breakdown of Syria aid pledges in Kuwait -- IRIN
Moments of resilience, courage and even joy visible on the faces of Syrian refugee children (Photo Gallery) -- NBC