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It seems that February 2016 will mark a new milestone in the Syrian
refugee crisis. Assad's forces that have been advancing with Russian

air support since November are now besieging the centre of the city
of Aleppo. They have also closed the corridor between Aleppo and
Turkey.

Tent cities along the Turkish-Syrian border are now filled with
50,000 refugees fleeing those attacks. The great majority of these pitiful
people facing the harsh winter conditions are women, children and the
elderly.

In the first stage of controlled admission of refugees into Turkey,
10,000 people have been allowed over the border. However, in the event
that the Assad-Russia coalition seizes Aleppo - its next stated objec-
tive - then it will be only a matter of moments until a new wave of up
to 1mn refugees reaches the Turkish border.

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