Syria Refugees Say UN Abandoned Them

Syrian troops sweeping through the restive towns and villages around Jisr al-Shughour in the north of the country were last night spotted just two miles from the Turkish border.

“They are just talking and doing nothing to help. Why were they so quick to help Libya but do nothing for us?”

“What is the United Nations doing? Nothing, ” Abu Ahmed said, as three small children and two women sheltered behind him from the heat of the sun in a tent fashioned from tree trunks and plastic sheeting.

They said they had been warned by Turkish soldiers that the Syrian troops were preparing to attack them and said they were defenceless against any assault. Men trapped inside the country told The Telegraph which travelled along mountain paths over the frontier to interview them that they had spotted snipers taking up position.

They said they had been warned by Turkish soldiers that the Syrian troops were preparing to attack them and said they were defenceless against any assault.

“What is the United Nations doing? Nothing,” Abu Ahmed said, as three small children and two women sheltered behind him from the heat of the sun in a tent fashioned from tree trunks and plastic sheeting.

“They are just talking and doing nothing to help. Why were they so quick to help Libya but do nothing for us?”