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| Harrowing images show desperate Syrian refugees break through fence to Turkish territories to escape Isis | Harrowing images show desperate Syrian refugees break through fence to Turkish territories to escape Isis |
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| Thousands of desperate refugees are seen clambering through broken fences in a bid to enter Turkey as they flee from Isis forces in Syria in a harrowing set of images. | Thousands of desperate refugees are seen clambering through broken fences in a bid to enter Turkey as they flee from Isis forces in Syria in a harrowing set of images. |
| Syrians fleeing fighting between Isis and Kurdish forces made the dramatic journey at the Akcakale border in order to cross into Turkish territories. | Syrians fleeing fighting between Isis and Kurdish forces made the dramatic journey at the Akcakale border in order to cross into Turkish territories. |
| Men, women and children mounted fences topped with barbed wire at the border. | Men, women and children mounted fences topped with barbed wire at the border. |
| Babies who were too young to walk were lifted by desperate parents through the crowds. | Babies who were too young to walk were lifted by desperate parents through the crowds. |
| A Syrian man passes his newborn child over the border (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) | A Syrian man passes his newborn child over the border (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) |
| Turkey has taken in some 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict erupted in 2011 (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) | Turkey has taken in some 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict erupted in 2011 (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) |
| Thousands of refugees fled Syria as Isis violence continues (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) | Thousands of refugees fled Syria as Isis violence continues (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) |
| Men struggle through the wire fences (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) | Men struggle through the wire fences (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) |
| A woman clutches her child as she enters Turkish territory (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) | A woman clutches her child as she enters Turkish territory (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) |
| A family flee amid the scrum through broken fences (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) | A family flee amid the scrum through broken fences (Photo: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) |
| Turkey has taken in some 1.8 million Syrian refugees, since the conflict erupted in 2011. | Turkey has taken in some 1.8 million Syrian refugees, since the conflict erupted in 2011. |