Porous Syria-Turkey Border Poses Challenge in Fight Against Islamic State
Fighters, Oil and Military Supplies Flow Across Frontier
By
Yaroslav Trofimov
KARKAMIS, Turkey—Officially, Turkey’s border with the Islamic State-run region of Syria is closed to all traffic. That, however, doesn’t stop some two dozen professional smugglers from accosting prospective clients in full view of a lone Turkish soldier, a few yards from the Karkamis border gate.
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