
Inbördeskriget i Syrien hotar nu att spridas till Turkiet, Libanon, Irak och inte minst Jordanien.
Anne Barnard och Christine Hauser skriver i New York Times om striderna utefter den turkisk-syriska gränsen och om hur Turkiska stridskrafter nu har börjat skjuta tillbaks mot mål inne i Syrien: Turkey Warns Syria It May Use ‘Greater Force’
Turkey Warns Syria It May Use ‘Greater Force’
BEIRUT, Lebanon — With Syria’s civil strife coursing through major cities and unsettling neighboring countries, the Turkish military sounded a somber warning on Wednesday that it may respond more forcefully after days of shelling from Syria.News reports on Wednesday spoke of intensified fighting close to the Turkish-Syrian border near the Syrian frontier settlement of Azamarin, with mortar and machine-gun fire clearly audible from the Turkish side.
As fighting near the 550-mile border has unfolded over the past week, several mortar bombs have landed on Turkish soil, prompting Turkish gunners to return fire. It has not been clear whether the Syrian mortar is deliberate or the result of inaccurate fire in clashes between government forces and rebels seeking the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.
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On Monday, Syrian Army gunners exchanged artillery blasts with their Turkish counterparts across the frontier for the sixth consecutive day.
Samtidigt skriver Michael R. Gordon och Elisabeth Bumiller i New York Times om att den försiktiga Obama-regeringen nu har skickat en styrka på 150 personer till Jordanien för att hjälpa till med planeringen för vad som säkert kommer att bli en gigantisk flyktingström inom en inte alltför nära framtid: U.S. Military Sent to Jordan on Syria Crisis – NYTimes.com