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Syrian refugees recount harassment, abuse in Turkey

Syrian refugees in Turkey are living in constant fear among rising attacks, while the Turkish government increases restrictions on them.
A youth breaks a window as men smash up shops and homes believed to be owned by Syrian families.

Fear is rising among Syrian refugees in Turkey amid growing hate speech and murder targeting them.

Istanbul alone witnessed within a month two separate killings of two young Syrians. The young men’s bodies were moved to Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. 

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