“ we expected the revolution to be over quickly , like in libya and egypt , but it ’s been nearly three years already , photos : unrest in syria syrian civil war in photos – in this photo provided by the anti - government activist group aleppo media center , syrian men help survivors out of a building in aleppo after it was bombed , allegedly by a syrian regime warplane on saturday , february 8 .
hide caption 1 of 222 photos : unrest in syria syrian civil war in photos – civilians wave national flags as they take part in a rally in support of syrian president bashar al - assad in damascus , in a handout photo released by the official syrian arab news agency on february 8 .
hide caption 3 of 222 photos : unrest in syria already destroyed , governments and organizations are quietly preparing for the refugee crisis to last years .
he had traveled 100 miles to kilis with his family , chasing a false rumor that refugees would be allowed into a turkish - run camp in the city , about 50 miles north of the syrian city aleppo .
the united nations estimates more than 100,000 people have been killed since the syrian conflict began in march 2011 .
recent clashes between kurdish fighters and the al qaeda - linked islamic state of iraq and syria , or isis , pushed them into turkey .
instead , along with hundreds of other syrians , the deebs were now squatting in a gravel - strewn field across from the camp , sleeping under plastic sheets hanging from the branch of a cypress tree .
the deebs fled their home a year ago because of fighting between syrian rebels and government forces .
now , just on the other side of the border here , isis fighters were battling yet another rebel group , the northern storm .