AlQa'dah 2, 1433, Sep 18, 2012, SPA -- The new international envoy tasked with ending the 18-month conflict in Syria visited a refugee camp in Turkey on Tuesday, saying that he hopes the Syrians will find peace soon, AP reported. Lakhdar Brahimi, who has called his new job "nearly impossible" and acknowledged this week he still has no plans for how to stop the violence, toured a camp in the Turkish border province of Hatay. Dozens of Syrian refugees demonstrated outside the camp, waving an opposition flag and denouncing Syria Bashar Assad. With no signs of the crisis abating, activists estimate that some 23,000 people have been killed and the U.N. says over 250,000 people have become refugees in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq. Some 83,000 refugees have found shelter in 12 camps along the Turkish border with Syria. Brahimi said it appeared refugees were being treated well in Turkey and that he hoped for an end to the violence. "We hope that their country finds peace again and they can return to their country as early as possible," he said.
