Syrians crushed to death between Turkish and Russian armed camps

By Ruth Pollard
Updated November 27 2015 - 9:13pm, first published 8:49pm
Kurdish protesters at the border with Syria flee from Turkish teargas after trying to watch the fighting in the border town of Kobane in October 2014. Photo: Andrew Quilty/Oculi
Kurdish protesters at the border with Syria flee from Turkish teargas after trying to watch the fighting in the border town of Kobane in October 2014. Photo: Andrew Quilty/Oculi
The Russian Sukhoi Su-24 downed by Turkish F-16s after allegedly violating Turkish airspace on the Syrian border. Photo: Uncredited
The Russian Sukhoi Su-24 downed by Turkish F-16s after allegedly violating Turkish airspace on the Syrian border. Photo: Uncredited
Footage supplied by the Free Syrian Army's Fursan al-Haq Brigade shows US-supplied TOW anti-tank missiles striking Syrian government tanks in the country's north near the Turkish border.  Photo: supplied
Footage supplied by the Free Syrian Army's Fursan al-Haq Brigade shows US-supplied TOW anti-tank missiles striking Syrian government tanks in the country's north near the Turkish border. Photo: supplied
Footage supplied by the Free Syrian Army's Fursan al-Haq Brigade shows a Syrian tank near Ariha, in Syria's Idlib province, moments before a TOW missile strike. Photo: supplied
Footage supplied by the Free Syrian Army's Fursan al-Haq Brigade shows a Syrian tank near Ariha, in Syria's Idlib province, moments before a TOW missile strike. Photo: supplied
Footage supplied by the Free Syrian Army's Fursan al-Haq Brigade shows the moment of the US-supplied TOW missile's impact. Photo: supplied
Footage supplied by the Free Syrian Army's Fursan al-Haq Brigade shows the moment of the US-supplied TOW missile's impact. Photo: supplied
Lieutenant-Colonel Fares al-Bayoush of  the Fursan al-Haq Brigade, a unit of the Free Syrian Army.  Photo: Ruth Pollard
Lieutenant-Colonel Fares al-Bayoush of the Fursan al-Haq Brigade, a unit of the Free Syrian Army. Photo: Ruth Pollard

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.

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