TAZAMA PICHA 10 ZA MAELFU YA WAKIMBIZI TYOKA NCHINI SYRIA WAKIWA WAMEZUIWA KUINGIA NCHINI UTURUKI

 Stand-off: A tank faces dozens of cars clustered along the barbed wire border of Turkey and Syria where would-be jihadists are believed to be entering the country

 Waiting game: The border near Sanliurfa, Turkey, has long been a crossing point for ISIS recruits to get into Syria but now civilians are using it as an escape route out

 Influx: An estimated 1,300 people crossed into Turkey on Wednesday alone, and the total number since the fighting began near Kobani had risen to 144,000

  Blocked: Armed soldiers look away as Syrians implore them to let them through at the Yumurtalik crossing gate

 Pleading: One Kurdish man looks tearful as he waits to be told whether he can or cannot cross into the safety of Turkish land