More than 1,500 Syrian refugees streamed across the border to safe havens in Turkey in one day as Syria’s three-month-old pro-democracy movement braced for another day of mass protests today. The refugees crossed into Turkey yesterday as Syrian troops backed by tanks pushed to the border in their sweep against the anti-government protests, which have posed the gravest challenge to President Bashar Assad’s rule. More than 11,700 Syrians are now housed or seeking shelter in Turkish refugee camps, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said today. The Syrian opposition says…
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