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Drowned Syrian boy buried in war-torn Kobane

The father of a Syrian toddler whose drowning shocked the world buried his family on Sept. 4, in the war-torn town they originally fled.

His father, Abdullah Kurdi, who has told how his sons "slipped through my hands" when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea, returned home to the Syrian border town of Kobane to lay them to rest.

PKK releases two officials abducted in customs raid

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has released one customs officials and a driver that it recently took hostage, while ten remain in captivity.

Eleven customs officials and a driver were reported missing after they did not return home from work on Aug. 22, despite taking a shuttle at 4.30 p.m. at the end of their shifts. 

Turkey builds concrete wall along Syria border after attacks

The Turkish military has started building a concrete wall along the border with Syria following a series of attacks, Anadolu Agency said on August 14. 

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is building the three metre (10 feet) high wall in the Reyhanl? district of Hatay province just across from the Syrian town of Atmeh, state-run Anadolu Agency said.    

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