During the period from 2011 to August 2014, Turkey took in 1.5 million Syrian refugees. In October another 40,000 Syrian refugees fled to Turkey. Despite their unfortunate fate, the migrants still continue to reside in refugee camps.

“But why all of a sudden have thousands of them decided to leave Turkey, despite the military blockade? Why do they want to go to Europe and not to the Arab oil monarchies of the Persian Gulf or Iran?” Portuguese website Publico wrote.

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Since 2011, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, unable to independently overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad, tried to convince US President Barack….continuar en: