DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with suspected smugglers near the Syria border, a local official said on Tuesday, as Turkey faces growing international pressure to police a major access route for European foreign fighters.
Turkey's struggle to control illicit movements across its porous 900 km (560 miles) frontier with Syria is getting harder as its neighbour descends deeper into civil war.
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