ANGALIA PICHA ZA MAELFU YA WAKIMBIZI TYOKA NCHINI SYRIA WAKIWA WAMEZUIWA KUINGIA NCHINI UTURUKI
Stand-off: A tank faces dozens of cars clustered along the
barbed wire border of Turkey and Syria where would-be jihadists are believed to
be entering the country
Waiting
game: The border near Sanliurfa, Turkey, has long been a crossing point
for ISIS recruits to get into Syria but now civilians are using it as an
escape route out
Influx:
An estimated 1,300 people crossed into Turkey on Wednesday alone, and
the total number since the fighting began near Kobani had risen to
144,000
Blocked: Armed soldiers look away as Syrians implore them to let them through at the Yumurtalik crossing gate
Pleading: One Kurdish man looks tearful as he waits to be told whether he can or cannot cross into the safety of Turkish land