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Wed November 14, 2012

Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding In Syria

Credit Khalil Hamra / AP Photo
Syrians who fled from the violence in their village, carry plastic containers as they line up to fill them with water at a displaced camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. Nov. 10, 2012.

Thousands of Syrians have crossed the border into neighboring countries to escape the civil war that has been raging since September of 2011. Simon Eccleshall is the head of disaster and crisis management with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. He joins us from Geneva to talk about efforts to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Syria.

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