The fate of Hawa's husband had never been quite clear, it remained something of a mystery.

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Hawa Beach, near the candy-stripe lighthouse on the headland, may be the liveliest.

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The crossing, which lies opposite the Syrian border post of Bab al-Hawa, has been the scene of clashes in recent months.

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"It was a harrowing ordeal, " said Sharon Hawa, who found that someone else had filed a return in her name in 2009 and again in 2011, to obtain her refunds.

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At Poovar Beach, which is located a mile or two from Hawa, lights from hundreds of boats blink on the horizon at dawn, while men hike up their lunghis (garments similar to sarongs) to sit and wait for the work to come in.

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Five thousand people were gathering in a depot close to the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, while 2, 000 were at the border crossing of Reyhanli, which houses one of the largest refugee camps set up by Ankara for Syrians fleeing the violence, officials said.

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