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Syria's Refugees

In two years, the Syrian civil war has killed at least 100,000 people. Some two million more have registered as refugees. Hundreds of thousands are in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, almost half of them children. We hear where they're going and the impact they're having from Tim Arango of the New York Times and Cassandra Nelson of Mercy Corps .

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

In two years, the Syrian civil war has killed at least 100,000 people. Some two million more have registered as refugees. Hundreds of thousands are in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, almost half of them children. We hear where they're going and the impact they're having from Tim Arango of the New York Times and Cassandra Nelson of Mercy Corps.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Evan George

    Director of Content, News

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    Kerry Cavanaugh

    editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times

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    Tim Arango

    Los Angeles correspondent for the New York Times

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    Cassandra Nelson

    Mercy Corps

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