Reyhanli, Turkey: As Islamic State extremists raised their black flag in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane last year after a brutal three-week onslaught, the Turkish military - stationed just a kilometre away - turned their backs to the unfolding tragedy. As we gathered journalists watched, hundreds of Turkish soldiers and a long line of tanks positioned along a nearby ridge ignored the thunder of IS shelling that was destroying the Kurdish town street by street, forcing 160,000 people to flee in a matter of days. Instead, the soldiers focused their attention on the small bands of Kurdish protesters gathered on the hill next to the Mursitpinar border crossing to watch and...
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