reporting from orfa. the continuing violence has turned syria into a nation of refugees. gerald tan has this report on the plight of those who have been forced to flee to find safety. this syrian camp near the go land heights is named what means hope. it's supposed to provide protection for those who have escaped fighting in their towns but they say they are disappointed. conditions are so dire that many have even left. >> we came here seeking shelter. there is no food or water. nothing but further humiliation. what can we do? we escaped bombardment and humiliation back home. >> throughout the camp, there are more stories of despair. 4-year-old mohammed has an acute hearing loss. he is to now unable to continue with medical treatment. we are suffering a lot in this camp. what as to the strategy is my child needs a cochlear implant or a proper hearing aid. the one he is using has run outs of batteries. >> the camp was set up on a strip near the border and for the israeli army nearby fem it's unlikely they will be attackered by the syrian army, but they say they need better

bernard smith has more from orfa on the border?> all that separates turk frey syria here is just a little bit of barbed wire and most of it pushed down. just on the other side of that, syrian kurds. if they wanted to, they would be allowed to cross but they don't want to leave behind their cattle or their vehicles. and they are not allowed to bring those over. so most of them have elected to stay there. they have been there now for weeks on end. really, since isil started to encircle and push on kobane. in the distance over there is kobane. this entrance to the area is one of two that could potentially be used by the iraqi peshmerga when and if they come to kobane. you can see how close we are. just hearing the gunfire and the artillery in the distance. the other border crossing right in the center of kobane is where isil forces have been shelling with mortars because they want to stop. they want to take control of that border crossing to present the passing of the peshmerga so they can control access to kobane there. this is why t

joining us from orfa in turkey. >>> turkish police have used tear gas against kurdish demonstrators near syrian border. they want force help trying to defend the border. there have been ongoing protests since the isil advance began. bernard smith joins now. let me ask you about the turkish government. how far is turkey willing to go to protect kobani, protect the civilians in kobani? >> reporter: well, again, we already know and turkish prime minister has said this last week that they will do everything they can to try to stop ka banny -- kobani. but erdwan says he believes kobani is going to fall to isil forces. and he has always seen a general terrorist threat. he also believes the regime of bashar al-assad is a threat. so although turkey wants to see some sort of offensive in syria, it's not going to go it alone. and the prime minister has said that. we need some sort of international operation, i.e., in syria, to help remove assad and push isil back not just from kobani, but from the rest of syria. the problem he has is the u.s. particularly is not going after assad. it's interest is

i'm right now actually in the city of orfa, close to the border but not exactly on the border.es have been intensifying in the last 24 hours or so. but isis is still moving forward. they are still entering kobani. they control at least two neighborhoods in kobani. and this has been something of a test case for the u.s. strategy. because the u.s. said it would ultimately degrade and defeat isis by attacking them in syria, by attacking them in iraq. but the whole world has watched and filmed while isis has advanced on kobani, entered the city and is continuing to move block by block, in some cases carrying out atrocities, according to witnesses we have spoken to. this is causing not only embarrassment for the -- >> nbc's richard engel -- >> reporter: in this country, let alone outrage in kobani. and we are now seeing clashes in turkey with people who feel that nothing has been done to -- >> as you can hear there, that's nbc's richard engel on the turkish border giving an update of isis advancing. we lost him on the satellite. i want to turn to jim at the pentagon where the presid

. >> reporter: arwa damon, cnn, orfa, turkey. >> the parents of isis hostage abdul rahman khaseg aresking the world to continue to pray for him. the medic and former u.s. soldier who converted to islam and changed his name from peter after he was abducted is the latest western captive the terror group threatens to kill. cnn is honoring his parents' request that khaseg be repaired to by his new muslim name. ed and paula khasig have just received portions of a letter they received in june from their son while in captivity. the kassigs quote him telling them "i am obviously pretty scared to die but the hardest part is not knowing, wondering, hoping and wondering if i should even hope at all. in terms of my faith, i pray every day and i am not angry about my situation in that sense. i am in a dogmatically complicated situation here, but i am at peace with my belief." and in the uk a touching memorial on sunday for the latest western hostage murdered by isis. alan henning's family members appearing in public for the first time since the video of his beheading was released by the terror gr