A large number of exhausted minority Yazidis fleeing the Sinjar mountain chain in northwest Iraq after militants from the Islamic State group took over their nearby villages, have reached the Newroz camp in the Syrian Kurdish town of Malikiya.
After a long and perilous journey, they arrive with nothing left than the clothes on their backs.
The refugee camp, some 20 miles (32 kilometres) from the Iraqi border, is struggling to maintain standards while thousands more are expected to arrive requiring tents, medical attention and food.
According to Doctor Hazhar Abdullah Ahmed of the Kurdish Red Crescent, people are severely dehydrated and suffer wounds caused by the long journey.
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