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| International News | Saturday August 11 2012 1:52
The UN refugee agency says nearly 150,000 people fleeing Syria's civil war have sought its help, a figure expected to rise significantly.
Spokesman Adrian Edwards says the agency's offices in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq have all reported big increases this week in the number of people who have registered as refugees or are in the process of being registered.
Edwards says Turkey's population of Syrian refugees has reached 50,000, including more than 6,000 new arrivals this week alone after fighting in Aleppo.
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