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Airstrikes empty Turkish border town of foreign fighters

The US airstrikes in September and a recent Turkish crackdown on illegal border crossings have significantly changed the face of Reyhanli.
Syrians enter Turkey from the Turkish Cilvegozu border gate, located opposite Syrian commercial crossing point Bab al-Hawa in Reyhanli, Hatay province, September 13, 2013. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY IMMIGRATION) - RTX13JU1

REYHANLI, Turkey — Shaggy hair, rust-colored beard, he walks in with a limp, one leg riddled with shrapnel months back, the other injured by a tank bomb in the battle for Kassab this past spring.

The fighter is from northwestern Syria and belongs to Jabhat al-Nusra, a US-designated terrorist group that the Free Syrian Army (FSA) collaborates with on several fronts throughout the country.

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