<blockquote>“I used to be shocked at what I saw on my television; today I am shocked that I am not shocked anymore.”
<p style="text-align: right;">-Jim Bakker in “Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse”</p>
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The UN has reported that over 100,000 Syrians have fled the country in the wake of the increased fighting between government forces and the Free Syrian Army. The total almost doubled the overall number of civilians fleeing the country’s civil war.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is attempting to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to allow humanitarian aid in the country. Al-Assad has previously resisted outside humanitarian assistance into the country claiming that the relief is just a “foreign plot”.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that August is the deadliest month of the civil war with over 5,000 reported deaths. The UN Children’s Fund estimated that over 1,600 people died in just the last week.

“It points to a significant escalation in refugee movement and people seeking asylum,” Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees told the BBC. “[The situation] probably points to a very precarious and violent situation within the country.”

The totals are believed to be below the actual amount because the tally only takes registered refugees into account and reports have as many as 8,000 unregistered refugees at the Syria/Turkey border and over a 1,000 a day fleeing into Jordan.