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Monday, August 28, 2017

Is This Possibly True?

Remember the Syrian refugees?  There are huge numbers who fled the Syrian Civil War and ended up scattered around the world.  A great many entered Turkey and have been living in Turkish cities.  Well now, Turkey is allowing the "refugees" to go home for some Muslim holidays so long as they return by October 15th.  According to news reports, "A local Turkish official, who asked not to be named, said 40,360 Syrians had crossed over so far with around 4,000 people now crossing every day."

Did I miss something?  These are people who fled persecution going home for the holidays?  Can this possibly be true?  And if it is true, why is Turkey letting them come back?  If it's good enough to go back for the holidays, how bad can it actually be in Syria now that ISIS is on its deathbed?

This is one of those stories that is so bizarre that I wonder if it is true.  Strangely, it seems that it is true.

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