Turkey: Irregular migrants heading to European border

CANAKKALE TURKEY - FEBRUARY 28: Irregular migrants planning to cross into Greece on Friday flocked to northwestern Turkey following an airstrike by forces of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Idlib, northwestern Syria. On Thursday's attack at least 33 Turkish soldiers have been martyred and tens of others injured. After the attack migrants, started to make their way by walking and via train and bus to the province of Edirne -- which borders Greece. In September 2018, Turkey and Russia agreed to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression are expressly prohibited. But more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in attacks by the regime and Russian forces in the de-escalation zone since then as the cease-fire continues to be violated. The de-escalation zone is currently home to 4 million civilians, including hundreds of thousands displaced in recent years by regime forces throughout the war-torn country. More than 1.7 million Syrians have moved near the Turkish border due to intense attacks. Since the eruption of the bloody civil war in Syria in 2011, Turkey has taken in some 3.7 million Syrians who fled their country, making it the world’s top refugee-hosting country. (Footage by Burak Akay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)