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Ongoing Civil War Leads To More Than 4 Million Refugees

July 09 2015

Syria

A United Nations agency says more than 4 million Syrians have fled the civil war in Syria, reports CNN.

It is the worst crisis that the U.N.'s refugee agency has had to deal with in 25 years, said the agency on Thursday.

The number is expected to rise to more than 4.25 million by the end of the year, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Conditions for refugees are worsening, said a UNHCR spokesman cited by Voice of America News. "We are seeing a...

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