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Syrian twins cling to life in Jordan refugee camp

The United Nations has declared the conflict in Syria "a major catastrophe of our time, where brutality has become a tactic of war" with atrocities on a "sickening and staggering" scale.

Fleeing that horror are hundreds of thousands of mothers, fathers and their children, only to find themselves facing another brutal existence.

ITV News reports from the Zaatari refugee camp, one of the biggest in the world, overcrowded and in the searing heat of the sun, are children and many are clinging to life in the poor conditions.

Middle East Correspondent John Ray has the first of his special reports from the camp: