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Aerial views of sprawling camp show scale of Syrian refugee crisis

An aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp on July 18.
An aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp on July 18.Pool / Reuters

By Catherine Chomiak, Producer, NBC News

ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan -- Angry Syrians demanding U.S. action over the civil war in their homeland met Secretary of State John Kerry as he visited a refugee camp in Jordan early Thursday.

"What are you waiting for?” asked a woman. “Where is the international community? We hope that you will not go back to the [United] States before you find a solution to the crisis. At least impose a no-fly zone or an embargo."

She was among six refugees invited to meet Kerry in a room at the sprawling and increasingly lawless United Nations camp, which is located a few miles from the Syria/Jordan border. Full Story