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In the earthquake’s aftermath, border divisions rise up

When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February, Murat Naomi rushed out of his home in his running gear. His mother, who normally covers her hair with a hijab, fled their first-floor apartment without one, fearing the building could collapse.

Mother and son went to a large central square in Kilis, a southern Turkish town that hugs the Syrian border and the nearby Bab al-Salam crossing into the

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