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Syria Refugee Crisis Hits New Milestone; Number In Turkey Now Exceeds 1 Million

Syria Refugee Crisis Hits New Milestone
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Syrian refugees walk among tents at Karkamis' refugee camp on January 16, 2014 near the town of Gaziantep, south of Turkey. Two weeks of battles between Syrian rebels and jihadists have killed at least 1,069 people, mostly fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday. Among the dead, not all of whom were identified, were 608 Islamist and moderate rebels, 312 jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and 130 civilians, the Britain-based group said. AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

ANKARA, June 19 (Reuters) - The number of Syrians who are housed in refugee camps and cities in neighboring Turkey has reached 1.05 million, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told a news conference on Thursday.

Ankara has maintained an "open border" policy to refugees fleeing the conflict between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels in Syria. (Reporting by Tulay Karadeniz; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Nick Tattersall and Toby Chopra)

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Syria War in June
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A man carries a young girl who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by government forces on June 3, 2014 in Kallaseh district in the northern city of Aleppo. (BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Destroyed buildings are seen in the Homs neighbourhood of Khaldiyeh, formerly held by rebel fighters and captured by Syrian government forces in summer 2013, on June 3, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Syrian woman casts her vote in the country's presidential elections at a polling station in the Bab al-Amr neighbourhood of the city of Homs, north of Damascus, on June 3, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces sits at the back of an ambulance truck on June 3, 2014 in the Kallaseh district in the northern city of Aleppo. (BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man carries a young girl who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by government forces on June 3, 2014 in Kallaseh district in the northern city of Aleppo. (BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Syrian army soldiers patrol in the basement of a building used as a depot in Jobar, a mostly rebel-held area on the eastern outskirts of Damascus on June 2, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Syrian medic treats an injured girl following reported barrel bomb attacks by government forces in the northern city of Aleppo, late on June 1, 2014. (KHALED KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Syrian army soldier secures the entrance of a tunnel reportedly dug by rebel fighters in Jobar, a mostly rebel-held area on the eastern outskirts of Damascus on June 2, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man stands in front of rubble following a reported bomb attack by government forces in the northern city of Aleppo on June 2, 2014. (TAMER AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man takes a photo of posters mocking Syrian president Bashar al-Assad near the Madeleine Church in Paris, on June 2, 2014, a day before the presidential election in Syria. (AMMAR ABD RABBO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Syrian rescue workers pull out a girl from the rubble following reported barrel bomb attacks by government forces in the northern city of Aleppo, late on June 1, 2014. (KHALED KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Syrian army soldier aims at a target as he holds a position behind sandbags in a building in Jobar, a mostly rebel-held area on the eastern outskirts of Damascus on June 2, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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At least 15 people including children were killed and many injured after Syrian regime forces launched an air attack in Aleppo, Syria on June 2, 2014. (Photo by Salih Mahmud Leyla/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Syrian children play on an alley, some 30 meters far from the frontline, in Jobar, a mostly rebel-held area on the eastern outskirts of Damascus on June 2, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Banners of Bashar Assad line the streets of Damascus on June 2, 2014 for the presidential election campaign to be held on June 3, 2014. (Photo by Ali Demir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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