We are currently on the drive from Gaziantep to The town of Kilis. Before leaving we got briefed by the Head of Gaziantep Office of the Syrian Organisation for Humanitarian Relief and Development Mohamed Sarminy
"There are 200 martyrs and 400 people injured everyday across Syria," he began.
"The way that this information is gathered is through an organised system that is used to collect and document the number of deaths, names and causes of death on a regular basis; our information and stats are credible and documented," he added.
With the increasing number of refugees coming into highly populated regions everyday, there is an increasing threat of spreading diseases.
"Leishmania, a contagious disease caused by unhygienic conditions is rapidly spreading throughout camps. Healthcare and medical aid is therefore a serious need."
Because no area is safe, there is a continuous increase in the number of internally and externally displaced refugees.
Turkey alone hosts 186000 refugees in its camps and
30000 indifferent cities across the country. There are 1 million refugees on the borderline from Hassaki to Latakia, according to Sarminy.
"It is Important to realise that even the areas that arent direct frontlines, still not safe; shelling us everywhere which increases number of refugees everyday," he said as we headed towards the van.
Out of the window I can see a different landscape developing; I see dry arid land peppered with olive trees for as far as my sight can can take me.
I can't really imagine what to expect but I it will definitely be intense from what we've been told so far.
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