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21 August 2013 Last updated at 08:30 GMT
Thousands of refugees from Syria are crossing the border into Iraqi Kurdistan.
People have been driven from the country because of the uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, and the resulting crumbling infrastructure.
Jim Muir reports from the border.
