Today is Day 1,190 of the Syrian conflict.

Rule No. 1 for setting up a refugee camp is that it be in a safe place.

Well, those at a camp established in Shajra, southern Syria, five months ago were horrified to find themselves the target of government attacks before dawn on Thursday.

Syrian army helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the camp near the Jordanian border, killing at least 20 people, mostly women and children. 

"Women were wailing hysterically as they saw their dead children lying on the floor," Abu Mohammad al-Hourani, a farmer in the village, told Reuters. At least eighty people were injured, many seriously, aid workers said.

Meanwhile, the ISIL militant push next door is prompting the White House to use the word "Iraq" in the same sentence as the word "Syria" more frequently. Higher ups are talking about how the border between the two troubled countries is "melting away," and Western powers are starting to see the two conflicts as a single challenge.

The conflict(s) continue.