Sky News has been inside Syria where thousands of people have been fleeing an apparent violent crackdown on anti-government protests.
The military action began last week, when the Syrian army accused armed gangs of killing 120 security officers in the town of Jisr al Shughour.
That led to days of heavy shelling by Syrian troops. Some 8,500 civilians fled the village and crossed the Turkish border into makeshift camps.
Sky's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay has spent the last few days with those refugees in Guvecci.
But despite a ban on foreign broadcasters entering the country, earlier in the day he managed to cross the border into Syria, travelling to just a few miles away from Jisr al Shughour.
He said: "We're in one of the many refugee camps that have sprung up along the border with Turkey.
"People have been sleeping rough here for quite a long time. The longer they are here the more they get 'stuck in' and have homes to live in.
"There are tarpaulin-covered tents. There is a medical centre, and distribution of food from Turkey.
He added: "Quite a lot of families will send their sons and husbands to Turkey to get food and bring it back.
"The people here feel safe because they are not far away from Turkey.
"We've been driving through a number of towns. They are virtually empty and there is this sense of fear because the Syrian army is not very far away.
"They have been pushing people towards the Turkish border."
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