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A saying claims that trade has no religion; it even adapts to a war situation, as demonstrated by the real-time reorganisation of trade channels at the Turkish-Syrian border. This editorial, which focuses on the increase in Turkish exports to Syria during the civil war, is based on official Turkish statistics and estimates available from Syrian economists. Unlike in the past, these exports are made up of basic consumer products, destined for all of Syria and not just areas controlled by the opposition. As a result of the sanctions imposed on Syria, Turkish exports have played a part in the creation of a trade network specific to the war economy. New cities have emerged as economic platforms at the nodes of this network, as well as “border” trading cities between the government, opposition, Islamic State (IS), and the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).