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Escaping Violence in Syria Now Threatened by Landmines Near Border

Global Politics

After forcing most of the rebel fighters out of Homs, the Syrian army is now focusing on the northern city of Idlib. Many civilians are fleeing to Turkey. Matthew Brunwasser caught up with some of them in a Turkish border town.

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