Minibuses carry everyone from foreign would-be IS militants to people who simply want to cross the border from Turkey to visit sick relatives.
ON an obscure rural road not far from the Syrian border, the minibus finally gives up the ghost. “It’s broken down,” the driver shrugs. “I will call someone else to get you to Syria.”
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