Syrian families made a break for northern Jordan as darkness fell. They are fleeing to save their lives. Many groups moving a crossed the border still hearing gun shots in the background. Many fleeing families has been shot at in the past two weeks and many people injured while trying to cross the border. The Border Guard in Jordan helped families into tents and given food to eat. The United Nations have estimated at least 60,000 people have died in twenty-two months of fighting between government forces and rebels seeking to depose president Bashar al-Assad. In recorded numbers Syrians crossing into Jordan, with at least 350,000 refugees have flown into Jordan since the beginning of the Syrian conflict.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/28/world/asia/jordan-syrians-escape/index.html?hpt=wo_c1
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