Deputy PM Besir Atalay told local TV channel NTV yesterday (Mar 15) that Turkey might consider setting up a buffer zone inside Syria (as it previously set up along the Iraq border during the Gulf War of 1990s) after Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Selcuk Unal, announced that a thousand Syrian refugees crossed the border in the last 24 hours. According to Reuters, the total number of Syrian refugees in Turkey is currently estimated at 14,700 and Turkish government plans to expand the capacity of refugee camps to 45,000. |
The jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire on Thursday, ordering armed PKK militants to withdraw from Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of ... more
The Syrian government said the rebel groups foreign supporters, Turkey and Qatar, were responsible for a chemical attack in Aleppo. The countries that back and support the rebels, including ... more
US secretary of state John Kerry was in Ankara on Friday for talks with the Turkish leaders, including PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, focused on the crisis in Syria, ... more