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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey: Syria deadline void; 2 killed in border clashes |
| 2012-04-09 |
| Two are killed and 15 wounded by gunfire coming from Syrian side of border, Turkish news agency says; Turkish Deputy FM says "a new period" will begin; Kofi Annan announced plan to visit Syrian refugees in Turkey. Ankara declared void an April 10 deadline for Syria to pull back its troops after two people were killed and 15 wounded by gunfire coming from Syria across the border into Turkey on Monday, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported. Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru said that in place of the pullback under the terms of a UN peace plan, a "new period" would begin Tuesday. "Attacks which have been going on since yesterday have shown that the Annan plan cannot be implemented," he told reporters. "April 10 deadline is no more." The refugees and at least one Turkish citizen were hit when the Kilis border refugee camp in Turkey's southern Gaziantep province came under fire from the Syrian side of the border, a Turkish foreign ministry official said. "After this incident the Syrian Charge d'Affaires in Ankara was called and we demanded an end to this," the official said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Turkey makes the second Country Syria has fired into, besides Lebanon. * WAFF > SYRIA OPENS FIRE INTO TURKEY, LEBANON | CEASEFIRE HOPES DWINDLE AS SYRIA VIOLENCE SPILLS INTO TURKEY, LEBANON. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-09 23:13 |