Turkey’s repeated proposals to establish a “safe zone” on the Syrian side of the border has never materialised, thus Kilis – the closest city to the Syrian border – has begun to function ...

Turkey hosts almost 3 million refugees of the 6-year-old civil war, which the United Nations estimates has killed 400,000 people. Advertisement Many Turks in Kilis have accepted the Syrians in ...

There has been sporadic violence against refugees in Turkey, but only one instance in Kilis, in 2015, when a crowd smashed the windows of Syrian-owned shops and cars, said Abdurahman Abu Jamil, 30 ...

A general view atop a hill of the southeastern town of Kilis, Turkey, bordering Syria, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal Kilis: Last year as a group of academics, we made a presentation to a ...