Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is warning Syria against carrying out more cross-border attacks. In a fiery speech Friday in Istanbul, Mr. Erdogan said the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should not test Turkey’s ability to strike back. His remarks came two days after a Syrian attack on the Turkish town of Akcakale […]
Turkish PM Warns Syria About Cross-Border Attacks
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Turkish-Syrian Border Quiet After Deadly Attack
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Turkish forces are patrolling near the Syrian border Friday following a deadly attack earlier this week. The patrols come after Turkish forces shelled Syrian targets and Turkey’s parliament authorized military operations outside its borders if necessary. The Turkish shelling followed a cross-border mortar attack on the Turkish town of Akcakale that killed five civilians Wednesday. […]
UN Security Council Condemns Syrian Attack on Turkey
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. Security Council has condemned a Syrian attack on a Turkish border town that killed five people earlier this week. The Council, in a statement Thursday, said the incident “highlighted the grave impact the crisis in Syria has on the security of its neighbors and on regional peace and stability”. The 15-nation body called […]
UN Security Council Condemns Deadly Syrian Attack on Turkey
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
The U.N. Security Council has condemned a deadly Syrian artillery strike on a Turkish border town “in the strongest terms,” while the Turkish military bombarded Syria for a second day in retaliation for the attack. Syrian troops had shelled a residential area of the Turkish town of Akcakale on Wednesday, killing two women and three […]
Syria’s Aleppo: Wracked by Suffering, Enveloped in Fear
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
VOA’s Scott Bobb traveled to the war-torn northern Syrian city of Aleppo Thursday and left with vivid impressions of a complex community wracked by suffering and fear. As Bobb and his rebel guides approached the city from the north, near-constant government mortar and artillery shelling could be heard. A single MiG jet made at least […]
Turkey OKs Possible Further Action Against Syria
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
The Turkish parliament has voted to authorize further military operations outside its borders after it struck Syrian targets on Thursday in response to a deadly cross-border mortar attack that killed five civilians. Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said the one-year measure is not a declaration of war, but intended as a deterrent against aggressive action […]
Turkey OKs Possible Further Action Against Syria
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
The Turkish parliament has voted to authorize further military operations outside its borders after it struck Syrian targets on Thursday in response to a deadly cross-border mortar attack that killed five civilians. Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said the one-year measure is not a declaration of war, but intended as a deterrent against agressive action […]
Turkey Renews Syria Strikes After Deadly Cross-Border Shelling
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Turkey is continuing its response to a deadly Syrian mortar attack, launching artillery strikes into Syria for a second straight day while the Turkish parliament considers a measure authorizing foreign military operations. An aide to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is not interested in war with Syria, but will retaliate when necessary. […]
Turkey Renews Syria Strikes After Deadly Cross-Border Shelling
Posted October 4th, 2012 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
Turkish officials say the military has launched another round of artillery strikes across the border into Syria in response to a Syrian mortar attack Wednesday that killed five Turkish civilians. The officials said the shelling Thursday targeted the same area Turkish forces identified a day earlier as the source of the Syrian mortars, which landed […]
Turkey Strikes Syria After Syrian Mortars Kill 5 Civilians in Turkish Town
Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces responded “immediately” by using radar to shell the sources of the Syrian mortar fire. Mr. Erdogan said […]
