More than 10,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey

ZAATARI, Jordan — Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets overnight. Police said seven aid workers were injured. The refugees may be about to face even deeper misery with warnings of a major snowstorm threatening Jordan and Turkey — the two countries with the largest Syrian refugee populations.

Syrian refugees sheltering in Turkish camps say they are grateful to Turkey for offering them refuge from bloody unrest, but many also miss their homes and some are starting to return.The number of Syrians sheltering at tent cities in Turkey's border province of Hatay decreased to 11,122 after 375 people went home of their own accord on Sunday and Monday, Turkish officials said.

Camp Run by Syrian-Americans Atimah Refuee Camp, Syria — Firas Salam struggled to carry the eight liter jerry can up the hill. When the thirteen year old reached the top, he veered right into a row of tents. But before he could make it to the 220 square foot nylon bivouac, he slipped into the muddy earth, spilling his can.

Rape is being used as a weapon of war in the Syrian conflict to such an extent that many refugee families are citing it a as a primary reason to flee, according to a new report. The study of the nearly 600,000 people who have fled the country since the start of the civil war stated it was a "staggering humanitarian disaster".

The United Nations on Wednesday predicted the number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries will double to 1.1 million by June next year if the country's war is not ended. There are now more than 540,000 registered refugees in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt, according to the latest UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report on Syria.

RAMTHA, JORDAN — Like many of their fellow Jordanians, Hamzi Dardur and his two friends initially welcomed the Syrians who began surging across the nearby border last year. After all, their neighbours were fleeing one of the nastiest civil wars the region has ever seen. Now, the young men are not feeling so magnanimous.

A car with Syrian plates exploded on the Turkish side of a border crossing on Monday, killing at least five Syrians and five Turkish citizens, according to Hurriyet Daily News.

Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie will meet with Syrians who have fled an anti-government crackdown in their homeland on a tour of refugee camps in southern Turkey on Friday, officials said."Ms Jolie will visit Hatay province on Friday after travelling from Istanbul," Selcuk Unal, a spokesman for Turkey's foreign ministry, told AFP.Confirmation of the visit comes after Jolie, who is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations refugees agency (UNHCR), requested clearance from Turkish authorities to visit the border region.