The number of Syrian refugees now tops 2 million compared to about 200,000 a year ago according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. The human wave is destabilizing nations like Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan while overwhelming countries like Turkey. Financial Times: "The war is now well into its third year and Syria is haemorrhaging women, children and men who cross borders often with little more than the clothes on their backs," the agency said in a statement. António Guterres, the UN high commissioner for refugees, said Syria had become "a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history". "The only solace is the humanity shown by the neighbouring countries in welcoming and saving the lives of so many refugees," he added. Tiny, volatile Lebanon has received the biggest number of refugees, both in per capita and absolute terms. UNHCR puts it at 720,000, but some estimates say as many as a million refugees have...(Read Full Post)