Car Bombing in Turkish Border Town Adds to Growing Tensions Between Syrian Refugees and Local Turks
Last week when I arrived in Reyhanli, a Turkish town on the border with Syria, I was met with an air of anxiety, anger and an unsettling chaotic calm. An hour earlier, two car bombs had exploded, resulting in the death of 51 people.
The site of one of the two car bombs that ripped through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli. 46 people are said to have died, and anti-Syrian sentiment is growing in the once welcoming town.
Bradley Secker
Last week when I arrived in Reyhanli, a Turkish town on the border with Syria, I was met with an air of anxiety, anger and an unsettling chaotic calm. An hour earlier, two car bombs had exploded, resulting in the death of 51 people.