In 2011, civil war broke out in Syria. Tens of thousands of internally displaced people found shelter in camps in rebel-controlled areas in the north of Syria. Others crossed into Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan in search of security.
Dohok, Iraqi Kurdistan, MSF opened a maternity clinic to accommodate the rapid rise in the number of births among Syrians at Domiz Camp, which houses more than 60,000 refugees.
Suruc, Turkey, a Syrian refugee family waits near an informal border crossing in order to go back to their homes in Kobani, Syria -- despite ongoing clashes between ISIS and Kurdish PYD fighters.
Bajet Kandala, Iraq, A Yazidi woman cares for her orphaned grandchildren who lost their parents when ISIS attacked villages in Sinjar, killing and capturing thousands of Yazidis.
Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan, a Yazidi family seeks psychiatric help at a hospital for 19 year-old Wanza Haji after an emotional breakdown left her in a catatonic state.
Bajet Kandala, Iraq, Yazidi
children climb over the fence at a camp for displaced people, thousands of whom escaped attacks by ISIS on their villages in Singar.