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The government shut the Öncüpınar border gate after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized the nearby Syrian town of Azar. The key crossing itself, which includes the Syrian Bab al-Salameh gate, has been held by Syrian rebels, chiefly the Free Syrian Army's Northern Storm Brigade, since last year. According to a recent survey, Turkey remains the NATO member with the least public support for the alliance.