Iraqi refugees swell pressure on Syria's social services

More than 1.5 million Iraqi refugees are in Syria now, increasing the Syrian population by about 10 per cent. Officials say the influx has put tremendous pressure on Syria, its services, economy and its security.

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[screwrepubs]

and to think the US threatens Syria when they're taking in all the refugees we caused!

[climaxmovie]

Subhanallah.I love Syria.May Allah SWT bless the Syria with prosperity and success better than fucking america.Long Live Syria.

[dsspike51]

Make the fucking americans pay for it!

[TheJasongoldstein]

fuk these iraqis we open our country to help tham and now they diss syria we saved their life and sacrifice the welfare of syrians and this is thanks we get we should dump them back so they can get killed. syria has to stop being nice to refugee that we save talks shit (Lebs, Iraqis and palestinians)

[aviomaster]

-- Hey people can somone answer me , WHY USA bombed Serbia 1999 .

[brick4sale]

We should take in more Iraqi refugees, but you have those in the US that are dead set against it. Which is stupid considering we take in Somalis and lord knows we take in way too many Cubans, some of those ex-pats are crazy!

[loriane79]

what is happening in Iraq and for the Iraqis is a dangerous and serious problem and the whole world should gather to solve it...

[DamNationDiplomat]

Syria is an example of what can happen in the whole of the middle east if the US would stop killing their people long enough for them to catch a breath, but with the iraq war going the way it is, syria's economy and social structure has been set back a decade. Crying shame.