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Now that Syria’s civil war has more or less ended, hundreds of thousands of refugees are returning home. Turkey took in more Syrians than any other country in the world — and their continued presence has, according to polls, become a political liability for the government. But many Turkish companies are dependent on Syrian labor, and the returns are posing a major headache. Deutsche Welle, DW’s, Dorian Jones reports from the industrial city of Gaziantep, close to Syria’s border.