BAB AL-HAWA, Syria (Reuters) - Rebel fighter Ismail watches approvingly as local villagers loot beer and whisky from the burnt-out duty free shop at Bab al-Hawa, the border post between Syria and Turkey seized from President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Thursday.
"This is the people's money; they are taking it back," he said. "Whoever wants to should take it. There is no shame or wrongdoing."
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