Turkey has closed one of its border gates to Syria after an al Qaeda-affiliated rebel group clashed with units of the Arab- and Western-backed Free Syrian Army in the Syrian town of Azaz near the Turkish frontier.
The emergence of al Qaeda-linked fighters along its border with Syria, within striking distance of Turkish territory, is a nightmare scenario for Ankara.
Fifty-two people were killed when twin car bombs ripped through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in the southern province of Hatay on May 11, three months after a similar blast killed more than a dozen at the border gate.
The attacks could have been the work of one of the rebel factions, which include the al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/19/uk-syria-crisis-turkey-idUKBRE98I0C520130919
The emergence of al Qaeda-linked fighters along its border with Syria, within striking distance of Turkish territory, is a nightmare scenario for Ankara.
Fifty-two people were killed when twin car bombs ripped through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in the southern province of Hatay on May 11, three months after a similar blast killed more than a dozen at the border gate.
The attacks could have been the work of one of the rebel factions, which include the al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/19/uk-syria-crisis-turkey-idUKBRE98I0C520130919