BRK: Turkey evacuates villages as Syria plane bombs border area

Syrian jet strikes rebel-held border town for third day

A Syrian warplane bombed the town of Ras al-Ain near the Turkish border for a third day on Wednesday as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad pressed an air assault to dislodge rebels.

The jet struck twice before circling and bombing again, rocking buildings on the Turkish side of the frontier and sending up huge plumes of smoke, a Reuters reporter in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar said.

[link to english.ahram.org.eg]

Syria bombards rebel area near Turkish border

A Syrian warplane bombed the town of Ras al-Ain near the Turkish border for a third day today as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad pressed an air assault to dislodge rebels.

The jet struck twice before circling and bombing again, rocking buildings on the Turkish side of the frontier and sending up huge plumes of smoke, a Reuters reporter in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar said.

It marked the third day of a jet bombardment that has brought Syria's civil war back perilously close to Turkish soil, testing a promise by Ankara to defend itself against any spillover of violence from its neighbour.

Rebels overran Ras al-Ain last week during an advance into Syria's mixed Arab and Kurdish northeast that has triggered some of the biggest refugee movements of the conflict.

Some 140 km to the west, three Turkish border villages were evacuated on Tuesday, a security official told Reuters, citing "security reasons".

Turkish media reports said the villages, located in the Suruc district of Sanliurfa province, had a combined population of around 1,000. The official declined to elaborate, but the move suggested the border clashes could be spreading.

[link to www.hurriyetdailynews.com]

It looks like those Syrian planes bombing the Syrian/Turkish border downs are getting a little too close for comfort -


Turkey warns Syria against violating its airspace

14.11.2012


Istanbul (dpa) - Turkey on Wednesday warned Syria not to violate its airspace amid heavy fighting between government forces and rebels along the border.

"Military engagement rules established by the prime minister are still valid. Necessary response will be given to Syrian planes or helicopters which violate our airspace," Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz was quoted as saying by the Anadolu news agency.

[link to en.europeonline-magazine.eu]

thx Newshunter for adding more infos!

No problem. Lots going on in the world, need a lot of eyes to keep watch ;)

Witnesses: Turkish fighter jets heard near Syrian border


11/14/2012 13:39

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey - Turkish fighter jets could be heard near the Syrian border on Wednesday on the third day of a Syrian air assault on the rebel-held frontier town of Ras al-Ain, Reuters reporters said.



Turkey has scrambled jets close to its southeastern border before in response to Syrian aircraft approaching Turkish airspace as they carry out operations against Syrian rebels.



The reporters, on the Turkish side of the border, could not see the jets but heard them approach from Turkish territory shortly after a Syrian warplane struck Ras al-Ain for a third day.



[link to www.jpost.com]

This picture from Ceylanpinar, Turkey, shows just how close the war has come to the border.



[link to www.nytimes.com]

Fuck Turkey. If they're going to harbour and arm insurgents against a nation state shit's going to get messy. Like OBL in Pakistan.

This shit is real now.

Tell your Sultan Erdogan to go and invade Syria RIGHT NOW so the WW3 doom takes place! DO EET

16:20 AFP: At least 18 Syrian soldiers killed in clashes near Turkish border

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I don't understand how can this sirian goverment kill it's own and threaten a state like turkey without being taken down.

Because Syria is Backed by Russia and China, so its not about Turkey-Syria, its Russia+China against USA behind the scenes, this is a proxy war.

guys, face it. we're staring down the barrel of

Don't be fools this are not Assads soldiers nor did he ever give an order to bomb that area, this are the terrorist that the United States and his buddies send in there to cause an uprising to blame it all on the Goverment to destroy it completely and take over, the same thing that happened in Libya is happening here, history is repeating but this one is not very far from the past, this is just Libya 2.0

russia and china won't start anything because of siria. people are being killed and because of chess games no party intervenes.