A day after the two countries launched reciprocal cross-border attacks, Syrian state TV stopped armed groups trying to sneak into the Syrian border town of Khirbet al-Jous.
Haaretz
Syrian troops thwarted an infiltration attempt by armed groups from neighboring Turkey, state television reported Friday, a day after the two countries launched reciprocal cross-border attacks.
The broadcaster added that the armed groups were trying to sneak into the Syrian border town of Khirbet al-Jous.
“The Syrian troops confronted and killed most of the infiltrators, many of whom were foreigners, including a Turkish citizen,” reported the television broadcast.
Turkey’s parliament Thursday approved a government request to carry out a possible military operation inside Syria.
Turkey this week shelled targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Wednesday mortar attack, which killed five Turkish civilians.
Meanwhile, a brigade of the rebel Free Syrian Army has threatened to kill 48 Iranians it captured in the capital Damascus in August.
The brigade claimed in a statement that the Iranian hostages are members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards. Iran has said the captives are Muslim Shiite pilgrims.
The Syrian opposition has repeatedly accused Iran of helping the government of President Bashar Assad in crushing a pro-democracy uprising that started in March last year.
#1 by Mike on October 6, 2012 - 7:19 pm
For a couple of decades Turkey, with US help, tried to slither into the European Union, although it had absolutely no qualifications for membership. While chasing the Western dream, Ankara also self-styled itself as the older brother of the former Soviet Central Asian countries. Rebuffed by the West and the East, Turkey decided to expand into the south–to the Arab Middle East. It’s great to see Turks making mischief in Syria. They aggressive acts and dream of New Ottomanism will demonstrate to the Arab street that Turkey is no friends of the Arabs. In fact, in traditional Turkish street language, Arab and the word for animal (“hayvan”) are synonyms.
#2 by Isaac on October 7, 2012 - 4:51 am
Syria needs to protect its borders. I imagine that if Turkey attack Syria, the Russians leave NATO and get in to defend Syria and Iran.
#3 by Simon Buckingham on October 8, 2012 - 2:47 am
Pro-Democracy uprising; Bullshit. Horse manure. Lies. Most of the “FSA” are foreigners. Imagine if this happened to the US or Israel. Ha! The slaughter of the attackers would be enormous.
I’m so sick and tired of the dual standards, lies and hypocrisy. I pray to Jesus Israel will be wiped out.
WHY does the wesr allow itself to be controlled by these maggots?? “Democracy” has bit us in the ass by allowing these ticks to be so embedded. I wish I was Supreme Leader of the USA. I’d fix ththings so fast the world would stop spinning for a day.