World / Syria Syria's Top Google Searches Tell Sad Story The desperation is apparent By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Sep 30, 2015 12:58 PM CDT Copied Turkish soldiers guard the damaged border fence while Syrian refugees mass at the Turkish border in Akcakale, southeastern Turkey, Monday, June 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) The horrors of the Syrian conflict show up in an odd place: Google, where the top searches out of war-torn nation over the past two weeks are heartbreaking, reports Al-Jazeera—and show how desperately people want to flee the country. The two most popular searches: "immigration to Germany" and "asylum in Germany" The next two top searches: "Greece map" and "sea separating Turkey and Greece" Other details searched for: "maps of Europe in Arabic," "map of Germany," and the distances between various areas More sad search terms that are popular: "treatment of burns at home," "prehospital trauma life support," and "mouth to mouth resuscitation" Click for more. (More Syria stories.) Report an error