With a palpable feeling of relief, more than two thousand Syrian refugees who fled to Turkey have crossed back into their own country.<br /><br /> There was tight security on the Turkish side. Hundreds of refugees, mainly women and children, are returning to their homes in Tel Abyad.<br /><br /> Most had been waiting since first light.<br /><br /> The gate was reopened a few days after militants from the group calling itself Islamic State were ousted from the border town by Syrian Kurds.<br /><br /> Syrian Kurdish led forces captured Tel Abyad from Islamic State <br />last week, driving the militants away from the <br />frontier in an advance backed by US-led air strikes.
