In black body bags, Syrians in Turkey make final journey home

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Many Syrian refugees fled conflict in their homeland to Turkey, only to die in this week's devastating earthquake. They are returning back to Syria in body bags but their grief-stricken relatives can't cross the border with them

The border between the two neighbours remains closed to most traffic and, so far, to aid operations. But Turkish authorities were allowing bodies certified by Turkish hospitals to cross into northern Syria, much of which is held by rebel forces opposed to the Damascus government."Let the dead go first, then maybe one day the living can go," he told them.

"She's pregnant in her final month. She was supposed to give birth in two days. She's supposed to go into labour," Abdulrazzaq said.Many extended Syrian families live in the hard-hit city of Antakya and in Kirikhan, a small Turkish town about 50 km from the border. Naasan, screaming with grief, begged rescuers to check if the unborn child had survived. Few medics were visible.

 

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