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Topic: Syrian-Turkish border

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December 4, 2012
11:09 pm

A Syrian man runs for cover during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria on Monday, Dec. 3 (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)

Fighting closes in on Syrian capital

Increased pressure raises concerns that Assad will resort to desperate measures, striking Israel or Turkey, or using chemical weapons against rebels

By Ben Hubbard

December 4, 2012
3:50 pm

A Patriot anti-missile system in Israel (Photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash 90)

Amid fears of chemical attacks from Syria, NATO to station Patriot missiles in Turkey

NATO chief calls Syrian WMDs a ‘great concern’; mortar shell hits school near Damascus, kills eight students

November 28, 2012
8:24 pm

In this 2012 file photo, a land mine expert works in mined land in the Karkemish archaeological site at the Turkey-Syria border in Gaziantep province, Turkey (photo credit: AP Photo/File)

Syrian war clouds Turkish plan to clear 600,000 land mines

Ankara seeded Syria border area in an effort to prevent smuggling in the 1950s, and again in the 1980s during the war with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party

By Christopher Torchia

November 23, 2012
11:45 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani, in Damascus, Syria, October 2012 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Iran blasts Turkey for NATO missile defense request

‘The internal crisis in Syria cannot be solved through the deployment of such weapons,’ says Tehran official

November 23, 2012
8:20 pm

Syria says Turkey’s bid for NATO missiles ‘provocative’

From the web Reuters: Deploying the Patriots may be first step toward implementing a no-fly zone

November 21, 2012
11:37 pm

A Syrian woman walks in front of a destroyed hospital on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian warplanes bomb Damascus suburbs

Turkey requests deployment of NATO’s Patriot surface-to-air missiles on joint border

November 19, 2012
2:56 pm

Delegates gather at the start of a conference of representatives of Syrian rebels, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris in October (photo credit: AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Cracks form in Syrian opposition

Islamist groups reject newly formed coalition, announce formation of ‘Islamic state’ in Aleppo

By Barbara Surk

November 14, 2012
3:24 pm

This amateur video provided to AP shows billowing smoke in the Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn, as seen from the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar on Tuesday November 13, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/AP Video)

Turkey threatens military retaliation over Syrian incursions

Several Turkish villages along border evacuated due to spillover from civil war

By Mehmet Guzel

November 12, 2012
12:01 pm

A rebel fighter fires a gun at an army jet flying a bombing run on nearby rebel positions in the district of Aleppo Jedida, Syria, on Monday, October 29, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian jet bombs area near Turkish border

China repeats call for conflicting parties to negotiate

November 9, 2012
12:18 pm

A Turkish military station at the border with Syria (photo credit: AP)

Two Syrian generals defect to Turkey

Group of 71 people, including 11 colonels and families of the defectors, taken to refugee camp

November 9, 2012
7:56 am

Two Syrian boys who fled with their families from the violence in their village, look on as one holds a toy gun at a displaced persons camp in Atmeh, near the Turkish border with Syria, on Thursday (AP/Khalil Hamra)

Displaced persons camp on Syrian-Turkish border houses mostly children

Atmeh camp, run by rebels, is home to more than 5,000 Syrians blocked from entering Turkey

By Khalil Hamra

October 29, 2012
1:47 pm

Firefighters extinguish fire at the scene after a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded outside a Damascus hotel in August (illustrative photo credit: AP/SANA)

Several killed in Damascus car bomb

In north, Turkey returns artillery fire as Syrian shell lands across border

October 23, 2012
3:23 pm

Syrian anti-aircraft shell hits Turkish health center

No injuries as projectile hits empty room 200 meters from border

October 21, 2012
9:39 am

Turkish retaliatory fire has killed 12 Syrian soldiers, paper claims

From the web Reuters: Daily newspaper Milliyet says forces have fired across the border 87 times destroying several tanks after mortar bombs land in Turkey

October 10, 2012
2:18 pm

A Turkish military station at the border gate with Syria, October 7 (photo credit: AP)

Turkey threatens, Israel votes, Iraq buys

The peace process will not be an issue in Israel’s election campaign, a Palestinian columnist predicts

By Elhanan Miller

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