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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - U.N. workers on Sunday found a four-year-old Syrian boy crossing the Jordanian desert to be with his parents, in the latest poignant story emerging from the country’s bitter civil war that has left more than 130,000 people dead.

“Here 4 year old Marwan, who was temporarily separated from his family, is assisted by UNHCR [United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees] staff to cross,” Andrew Harper, the U.N. refugee agency’s representative to Jordan, tweeted on Sunday.

Marwan was found in the Jordanian desert, with his possessions stuffed in a small plastic bag.

On Sunday, more Syrians were crossing the desert to seek refuge in Jordan.

Failed talks

“With the failure of the Geneva talks our teams are back at the east'n Jordan border receiving #Syrian refugees,” Harper tweeted.

A second round of U.S. and Russian-backed peace talks between representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the opposition broke down on Saturday in the Swiss city with no date set for a third round.

Saudi Arabia, United States, Britain and France have put the blame for the failure of the talks on the Syrian regime, who blacklisted opposition delegates at peace talks in Geneva on a “terrorist list” and seized their assets, including one of the delegate’s houses, anti-government negotiators and a diplomat said on Saturday.

Diaspora

“As the teams finish, another truck of refugees arrives. Day after day women & children continue to arrive 2 Jordan,” the U.N. representative added.

*Alarabiya

Around 2.5 million refugees have fled Syria and are dispersed across the Middle East region, according to the UNHCR.

In November, the U.N. agency reported that there were over 70,000 Syrian refugee families who live without fathers and over 3,700 refugee children either unaccompanied by or separated from both parents.