In Turkey, a late crackdown on Islamist fighters

Supporters of the Turkish prime minister wave Turkey's national flag and the old Syrian flag. (AFP/Getty Images)

By Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet-August 12 at 7:33 PM

REYHANLI, Turkey — Before their blitz into Iraq earned them the title of the Middle East’s most feared insurgency, the jihadists of the Islamic State treated this Turkish town near the Syrian border as their own personal shopping mall.
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