The two young men in the bus from An-takya, in south-eastern Turkey, to Rey-hanli, nearer the border with Syria, sported long beards, calf-length trousers and toted small drawstring bags with their minimal belongings. They spoke in broken Arabic to the bus driver (local Turks usually have a smattering of the language) but to each other in a regional British accent. They were just two out of hundreds of Muslims from Europe, setting off to Syria to join the battle. That was two years ago. Since then, several thousand may have signed up-and the rate may be increasing. What do they do when they get there? And what might they do when they go home?
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