ISTANBUL - Thousands of demonstrators rallying against Turkey's support for Syrian rebels clashed with riot police Sunday in the southern city of Antakya.

Police immediately moved in to disperse the unauthorized rally as up to 5,000 demonstrators flew banners in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad and called for the expulsion of the more than 80,000 Syrian refugees that have flooded into Turkey over the past 18 months.

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