MURGHAB, Tajikistan — On the outskirtsof this wind-scoured town, founded in 1893 as aRussianmilitary post, the construction of a newcustomscompoundheralds the return of anothermajor power.
Hoot's family fled fighting in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, like many of the more than 6, 000 people living in this rain-soaked camp, erected in a border customscompound on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey.