UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR: President Bashar Assad

President Bashar Assad: BAGHDAD - Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds swarmed across a bridge into neighbouring Iraq's northern self-ruled Kurdish region over the past few days in one of the biggest waves of refugees since the rebellion against President Bashar Assad began, U.N. officials said Monday. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The mostly Kurdish men, women and children who made the trek join some 1.9 million Syrians who already have found refuge abroad from Syria's relentless carnage. Syrian refugees wait for buses after crossing the border toward Iraq at Peshkhabour border point in Dahuk, 260 miles 430 kilometers northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR has set up an emergency transit camp in Irbil, where around 2,000 refugees are camping out and UNHCR officials say some thousands of Syrians have been streaming into northern Iraq, many coming across a newly-constructed pontoon bridge over the Tigris River at Peshkhabour. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban The sudden exodus of around 30,000 Syrians amid the summer heat has created desperate conditions and left aid agencies and the regional government struggling to accommodate them, illustrating the huge strain the 2 1/2-year-old Syrian conflict has put on neighbouring countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.