Syrian Refugees No Longer care Who Is Fighting Let Alone Who Is Winning

The Syria-Turkey border crossing at Bab al-Hawa. Photograph: Stringer/REUTERS

Syrian Refugees No Longer Know Who Is Fighting Let Alone Who Is Winning -- The Guardian

As opposition factions battle to oust al-Qaida jihadists the refugees at Bab al-Hawa border crossing recount the chaos.

Lugging three plastic sacks full of clothes, Abu Mohammed and his three daughters pulled back the wrought iron border crossing gate, stepped through it into Turkey and smiled.

As one daughter wept tears of relief, her father recounted their 12-hour journey from Aleppo, through some of the most terrifying and volatile scenes of the Syrian civil war.

"It was miserable," he said, his eyes haggard from the stress and the relentless two weeks of aerial bombardment that preceded it.

"At every checkpoint along the way, we didn't know who was in charge. There was The Islamic State of Iraq in Sham [Isis, a name given to the main al-Qaida group in the north – the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant], the Free Syria Army, the Islamic Front. It changed every few miles."

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My Comment: With the exception of the fighters .... everyone else is now focused on survival .... and who would blame them.