Syria refugee flood to Turkey hits 100,000

Monday, September 22, 2014

KUCUK KENDIRCILER, Turkey -- The 19-year-old Kurdish militant, who has been fighting the Islamic State group in Syria, brought his family across the border into Turkey to safety Sunday. But in the tranquillity of a Turkish tea garden just miles from the frontier, Dalil Boras vowed to head back after nightfall to continue the fight.

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